In every war of the United States since the Civil War the South was more belligerent than the rest of the country.

Thus, to cite but one example, the Pax Britannica of the nineteenth century, whether with the British navy ruling the seas or with the City of London ruling world finance, was strictly national in motivation, however much other nations ( e.g., the United States ) may have incidentally benefited.

National responsibility for individual welfare is a concept not limited to the United States or even to the Western nations.

( Since the time-span of the nation-state coincides roughly with the separate existence of the United States as an independent entity, it is perhaps natural for Americans to think of the nation as representative of the highest form of order, something permanent and unchanging.

In recent weeks, as a result of a sweeping defense policy reappraisal by the Kennedy Administration, basic United States strategy has been modified -- and large new sums allocated -- to meet the accidental-war danger and to reduce it as quickly as possible.

Its radar screens would register Soviet missiles shortly after they are launched against the United States.

In 1938, at the insistence of Arturo Toscanini, Steinberg left Germany for the United States, by way of Switzerland.

After he had spent the first three years in New York as associate conductor, at Toscanini's invitation, of the NBC Orchestra, he made numerous guest appearances throughout the United States and Latin America.

`` Then I return to the United States for engagements at the Hollywood Bowl and in Philadelphia '', he added.

The difference came down to this: The Southern States insisted that the United States was, in last analysis, what its name implied -- a Union of States.

`` we the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America ''.

The 140,414 Americans who gave `` the last full measure of devotion '' to prevent disunion, preserved individual freedom in the United States from the dangers of anarchy, inherent in confederations, which throughout history have proved fatal in the end to all associations composed primarily of sovereign states, and to the liberties of their people.

There one finds concentrated in a comparatively small area the chief universities, colleges, and preparatory schools of the United States.

The rise of the giant corporations in Western Europe and the United States dates from the period 1880-1900.

He says: `` beside the Protestant philosophy of Progress, as expressed in radical or conservative millenarianism, should be placed the doctrine of the democratic faith which affirmed it to be the duty of the destiny of the United States to assist in the creation of a better world by keeping lighted the beacon of democracy ''.

During the next five years liberal leaders in the United States sank in the cumulative confusion attendant upon and manifested in a negative policy of Containment -- and the bitterest irony -- enforced and enforceable only by threat of a weapon that we felt the greatest distaste for but could not abandon: the atom bomb.

And here again we hear the same refrain mentioned above: `` the paramount goal of the United States set long ago was to guard the rights of the individual, ensure his development, enlarge his opportunity ''.

`` I arrived in the United States with the idea of establishing myself there more or less permanently and finding inspiration for new compositions ''.

This is the good kind of sophistication, and with all our problems and crises this kind of sophistication has flowered in the United States during recent years.

but Wright stayed in the United States.

In the United Kingdom, film adaptations of stage farces were popular in the early 1930s, while the music hall tradition strongly influenced film comedy into the 1940s with Will Hay and George Formby among the top comedy stars of the time.

The album contained many songs tailor-made for live performance, including two of rock's most recognisable anthems, " We Will Rock You " and the rock ballad " We Are the Champions ", both of which became enduring international sports anthems, and the latter reached number four in the United States.

The Aon Center ( 200 East Randolph Street, formerly Amoco Building ) is a modern skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by architect firms Edward Durell Stone and The Perkins and Will partnership, and completed in 1974 as the Standard Oil Building.

Peotone is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States.

Will Wilson, a former conservative Democratic attorney general of Texas who switched to the Republican Party to support Nixon, was named United States Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division.

George F. Will of the The Washington Post criticized the proposal in an Op-Ed piece, saying that a presidential question time would endanger separation of powers as the President of the United States, unlike the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is not a member of the legislature.

Wilbur H. " Will " Jennings ( born June 27, 1944, Kilgore, Texas, United States ) is an American songwriter, who is popularly known for writing the lyrics for " My Heart Will Go On ", the theme for the film Titanic.

Manhattan is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States.

Matteson is a village in Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, United States.

Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will counties in the U. S. state of Illinois ; it was voted the second-best place to live in the United States by Money magazine in 2006.

Godley is a village in Grundy and Will Counties, Illinois, United States.

Crystal Lawns is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Will County, Illinois, United States.

Fairmont is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Will County, Illinois, United States.

Frankfort Square is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Will County, Illinois, United States.

Goodings Grove was a census-designated place in northern Will County, Illinois, United States.

Ingalls Park is a census-designated place and subdivision of Joliet, IL in Will County, Illinois, United States.

Lakewood Shores is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Will County, Illinois, United States.

Monee is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States.

Preston Heights is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Will County, Illinois, United States.

Rockdale is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States.

Symerton is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States.

Willowbrook is an unincorporated census-designated place in Will County, Illinois, United States.

* Harry and Will Lilley, footballers who played for Sheffield United were born here in 1868 and 1885 respectively.