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.

A Chinese cuisine | Chinese buffet restaurant in the United States of America

The oldest operating restaurant in the United States, the Union Oyster House ( 1826 ), is located in Boston, Massachusetts.

In 2011, the prestigious James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef in Northwestern United States, was presented to Andy Ricker of restaurant " Pok Pok " in Portland, Oregon, and for Best Chef in Southwestern United States to Saipin Chutima of restaurant " Lotus of Siam " in Winchester, Nevada.

Long John Silver's, Inc., is a United States-based fast-food restaurant that specializes in seafood.

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In the United Kingdom, the National Milk Bar franchise is an ordinary café / restaurant chain which is related to the original milk bars in name only.

A " dairy bar " is the term for a similar restaurant / store common in the Northeastern United States, especially Upstate New York, which is a large producer of dairy products.

In 2006, the first kosher Subway restaurant in the United States opened, in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio.

Maid-Rite restaurant is one of the oldest chain fast food restaurants in the United States.

Far East Chop Suey restaurant in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles: Restaurants like this are now rare, but were once a common sight in the United States.

O ' Connor, a leader in the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 608 who was later convicted of racketeering himself, was believed to have ordered an attack on a Gambino-associated restaurant that had snubbed the union and was subsequently shot and wounded by the Westies.

Karzai has six brothers, including Mahmood Karzai and Quayum Karzai, who are both Afghan American restaurant owners in the Baltimore – Washington Metropolitan Area of the United States, as well as Ahmed Wali Karzai, deceased, who was the representative for the southern Afghanistan region.

In a 2010 press release, the Centers for Disease Control ( CDC ) reported that between 1998 and 2008, 1 out of 25 foodborne illnesses in the United States with identified food sources had been traced back to restaurant salsa or guacamole.

Mercantile Garden, located at the foot of the hill containing the Sutton County Courthouse, includes a restaurant, Mercantile on Main, operated by Mallory Barnhart Rousellot, a former member of the Sonora Independent School District and chairman of the Sutton County Republican Party ( United States ) | Republican Party.

Tiki culture in the United States began in 1934 with the opening of Don the Beachcomber, a Polynesian-themed bar and restaurant in Hollywood.

Medford is the second smallest city in the United States to have its own McDonald's restaurant.

* Troyce Guice, Natchez restaurant owner, was twice a candidate for the United State Senate from Louisiana.

Lexington is a location for the Maid-Rite restaurant franchise, famous in the midwestern United States for its loose meat hamburgers and other traditional diner fare.

Hanoverton is home to the historic Spread Eagle Tavern, an inn / restaurant which has been visited by Abraham Lincoln, Dan Quayle, Dick Cheney, and most recently John McCain, who was campaigning for the 2008 Presidential race at the town's school United Local High School.

* Alan Yau 丘德威 ( 1962 -; born in Hong Kong ; Hakka pronunciation: Hiew Tet Wui ), Founder, Wagamama restaurant chain, Hakkasan and Yauatcha, United Kingdom

Category: Regional restaurant chains in the United States