It was not an overseas possession but national soil, much like Alaska or Hawaii are US National soil despite being ' discontinuous '.

ASU's undergraduate program is ranked 65th for public universities and 132nd of 280 " national universities " by the 2012 US News and World Report ranking of US colleges and universities ; and, for the fourth year in a row, ASU was ranked in the top 10 for " Up and Coming " universities in the US, for substantial improvements to academics and facilities.

Bulgaria is an industrialised upper-middle-income country according to the World Bank with a gross national income per capita of US $ 6, 280 in 2010.

In 1983 the Abdallah regime borrowed US $ 2. 85 million from the International Development Association to devise a national family planning program.

Along with the passage of the Endangered Species Act, the US ban on DDT is cited by scientists as a major factor in the comeback of the bald eagle, the national bird of the United States, from near-extinction in the contiguous US.

It was in the national interest of the US to preserve West Pakistan ....", Kissinger maintained.

As most European countries and the US were drawn into the war, many of the newer " duration only " volunteers who managed to survive the first years of the war were generally released from the Foreign Legion to join their respective national armies.

He has served on a number of US national boards and committees.

In the US, CBS is currently the only major network airing daily national game shows.

" Foreign " style hearses are mostly similar in appearance to their US counterparts, although their exterior dimensions and interiors reflect the Japanese preference for smaller, less ornate caskets ( this in light of the national preference for cremation ).

The people of Honduras are among the poorest in Latin America ; Gross national income per capita ( 2007 ) is $ US 1, 649 ; the average for Central America is $ US 6, 736.

These " golden " exports were supported by more than US $ 40 million of specialized banana company investment in the Honduran infrastructure and were safeguarded by United States pressure on the national government when the companies felt threatened.

In January 2010, the Kabul office of New Ansari Exchange, Afghanistan's largest hawala money transfer business, was shuttered following a raid by the Sensitive Investigative Unit, the country's national anti-political corruption vetted and trained by the US Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ), allegedly because this company could be involved in laundering profits from the illicit opium trade and moving the cash earned by Taliban through extortion and drug trafficking.

# The national postal service for the sender's country ( e. g., the Royal Mail, UK ; US Postal Service, US ; Australia Post in Australia ; or Canada Post in Canada ) empties the postbox and takes all the contents to the regional sorting office.

* 2005 – US Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional marking a change in " national standards ,".

The general public have been found to hold a strong stereotype of dangerousness and desire for social distance from individuals described as mentally ill. A US national survey found that a higher percentage of people rate individuals described as displaying the characteristics of a mental disorder as " likely to do something violent to others ", compared to the percentage of people who are rating individuals described as being " troubled ".

In December 2009, the US House of Representatives voted 409 – 0 to pass a resolution honoring the album as a national treasure.

In 2007, US Congressman Alce Hastings introduced a bill to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first use of the name " America " with the support of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Organizing Committee and mayors in fifty states to champion the national strategy " Bring Home The Spirit of History in your town ".

It was only with the emergence of nationalist sentiment from the late 18th century that the desire was felt to display national flags also in civilian contexts, notably the US flag, in origin adopted as a naval ensign in 1777, which after the American Revolution began to be displayed as a generic symbol of the United States, and the French Tricolore which became a symbol of the Republic in the 1790s.

Barack Obama and Lara during the US President's tour of Trinidad and Tobago in 2009.

He appeared as an opening act for The Clash in their 1979 US tour ; in Legends of Guitar ( filmed live in Spain, 1991 ) with B. B.

Crowded House were mid way through a US tour when Paul Hester quit the band on 15 April 1994.

In 1958 African-American Eugene Wright joined for the group's US State Department tour of Europe and Asia.

Featuring the album art of S. Neil Fujita, the album contained all original compositions, almost none of which were in common time: 9 / 8, 5 / 4, 3 / 4, and 6 / 4 were used inspired by Eurasian folk music they experienced during that US State Department sponsored tour.

A full-length stage musical, titled " Garfield Live ", was planned to kick off its US tour in September 2010, but got moved to January 18, 2011, where it premiered in Muncie, IN.

* 1978 – The English punk rock band Sex Pistols broke up amidst their US tour.

* 1978: Can-Can, musical by Cole Porter & Abe Burrows, director John Bishop, US and Canadian tour

* 1984: On your toes by Rogers and Hart, director George Abbott, US tour

* 1985: One for the Tango ( Apprends-moi Céline ) by Maria Pacôme, director Pierre Epstein, US tour

The eponymous debut, Led Zeppelin, was released in the US during the tour on 12 January 1969.

She and Lee Hazlewood embarked on a US tour playing the House of Blues, the Viper Room, the Whiskey-a-Go-Go, the now-defunct Mama Kin in Boston, the Trocadero in Philadelphia, and The Fillmore.

Robyn completed a short US tour to promote Robyn, and was the supporting act for Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour at select European dates in 2008.

Robyn has been a supporting act for Katy Perry's " California Dreams tour " in the US, summer 2011.

In 2001 the band came to the US for major press, radio and TV appearances for the Bastard Life or Clarity release and returned Stubbs in Austin, Texas to kick off a sold out US tour with dates in Austin, Boulder, Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York City and the last show at the famous Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

As of May 2011, there are plans to release a new Russell Crowe & The Ordinary Fear of God recording ( co-written with Alan Doyle ) and for a US tour which would be the first live dates in the US since 2006.

Cities visited by the tour included Columbia, SC, Annapolis, MD, Pittsburgh, PA, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo, NY, into Canada, and through the mid Western US ending in Texas.

With the completion of critical testing, Enterprise was partially disassembled to allow certain components to be reused in other shuttles, then underwent an international tour visiting France, Germany, Italy, the UK, Canada, and the US states of California, Alabama, and Louisiana ( during the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition ).

In March 2011, the Pogues played a six-city / ten-show sold out US tour titled " A Parting Glass with The Pogues " visiting Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, Washington D. C., Boston, and New York ( in that order ), with only the last three cities getting more than one show.

During the US leg of the tour the band encountered a few problems, including having the tour manager having to fan a member's keyboard because of overheating, being booked in a pool hall and having someone run on stage only to be thrown back into the audience.

After an initial tour as a battery Assistant Executive Officer at Fort Sill, he was assigned to the US 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam, where he served as Forward observer, Aerial observer, and Assistant S-3 with 2nd Battalion, 4th Field Artillery.

The US began to target food crops in October 1962, primarily using Agent Blue.

As a result the price on US treasuries began to increase and the return began decreasing because there were many buyers, and the return ( yield ) on other bonds began to increase because there were many sellers ( i. e. the price of those bonds fell ).

US, began to slow in late 2007 accompanied by stiffer competition from Vietnam and

In August 1962, after some unsuccessful operations by the US to overthrow the Cuban regime ( Bay of Pigs, Operation Mongoose ), the Cuban and Soviet governments secretly began to build bases in Cuba for a number of medium-range and intermediate-range ballistic nuclear missiles ( MRBMs and IRBMs ) with the ability to strike most of the continental United States.

Active development of the model by the US Department of Defense Software Engineering Institute ( SEI ) began in 1986 when Humphrey joined the Software Engineering Institute located at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after retiring from IBM.

During the McCarthy Era in 1947, when US Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin claimed that the federal government and other institutions were riddled with Communists, the US House began hearings about purported communist influence in Hollywood.

In 1996, offshore oil began flowing, and, with several US oil companies present in the country, the US reopened the embassy in October 2003.

By the mid-eighties, bands began proliferating and became increasingly popular, including The Sisters of Mercy, The Mission ( known as The Mission UK in the US ), Alien Sex Fiend, The March Violets, Ausgang, Kommunity FK, Xmal Deutschland, Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil, The Bolshoi, and Fields of the Nephilim.

In 1930, Sténio Vincent, a long-time critic of the occupation, was elected President, and the US began to withdraw its forces.

Before the military buildup began in fiscal year ( FY ) 1980, United States military assistance to Honduras was less than US $ 4 million.

In economics, Holt's tenure began with the phasing in of Australia's new system of decimal currency, launched on 14 February 1966, and it was marked by a major realignment of commercial and military ties away from the UK and towards the US and Asia.

After Torrence returned from a six-month compulsory stint in the US Army Reserve, Berry and Torrence began to make music as " Jan and Dean.

Spacey is a staunch Democrat and a friend of former US President Bill Clinton, having met Clinton before his presidency began.

On August 16, 1849 the US Army began an expedition into the heart of Navajo country on an organized reconnaissance to impress the Navajo with the might of the U. S. military.

Following the War of 1812, the US Army began construction on " Fort Blunder ", an unnamed fortification built by the Americans at the northernmost end of Lake Champlain to protect against any further attacks from British Canada.

Former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter began the fellowships not only to train reporters in how to sensitively and accurately discuss mental health and mental illness, but also to increase the number of stories on these topics in the news media.

The US Navy and U. S. Air Force began deploying guided missiles in the early 1950s, most famous being the US Navy's AIM-9 Sidewinder and USAF's AIM-4 Falcon.

However, following signs of liberalization, the US government began the process of improving its links with Burma in 2011.

Then, in November of that year, Business as Usual began a 15-week run at No. 1 on the US album chart.