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.

The true alligators are today represented to two species, A. mississippiensis in the southeastern United States, which can grow to 4. 24 m ( 14 ft ) and weigh 1000 lbs ( 454. 5 kg ) and the small A. sinensis in the Yangtze River, People's Republic of China, which grows to an average of 1. 5 m ( 5 ft ).

* Atlantic Poison oak ( Toxicodendron pubescens or Rhus toxicarium ) grows mostly in sandy soils in eastern parts of the United States.

In the United States it grows in all states east of the Rockies except North Dakota.

The blackberry grows wild throughout all parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and is an important element in the ecology of those countries.

Spanish moss ( Tillandsia usneoides ) is a flowering plant that grows upon larger trees, commonly the Southern Live Oak ( Quercus virginiana ) or Bald Cypress ( Taxodium distichum ) in the southeastern United States.

As Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman states in a 1997 article for Slate, “ as manufacturing grows in poor countries, it creates a ripple effect that benefits ordinary people: ‘ The pressure on the land becomes less intense, so rural wages rise ; the pool of unemployed urban dwellers always anxious for work shrinks, so factories start to compete with each other for workers, and urban wages also begin to rise .’ In time average wages creep up to a level comparable to minimum-wage jobs in the United States .”

According to United Nations, about 95 % area of Malta is urban area and the number grows every year.

Huperzia porophila, Rock firmoss, grows throughout the Appalachian province of the Eastern United States, but is rare east of the Appalachians, being most common in a north-south belt along the western plateau area.

B. davidii in particular is a great coloniser of dry open ground ; in urban areas in the United Kingdom, it often self-sows on waste ground or old masonry, where it grows into a dense thicket, and is listed as an invasive species in many areas.

Witch hazel is an astringent produced from the leaves and bark of the North American Witch-hazel shrub ( Hamamelis virginiana ), which grows naturally from Nova Scotia west to Ontario, Canada, and south to Florida and Texas in the United States.

Black Locust is highly valued as firewood for wood-burning stoves ; it burns slowly, with little visible flame or smoke, and has a higher heat content than any other species that grows widely in the Eastern United States, comparable to the heat content of anthracite.

Louis grows in influence and stature and embarks on a military campaign against the United Provinces, with d ' Artagnan commanding the offensive.

It is native to the southeastern United States from Massachusetts and New York south to northern Alabama, growing mainly in the Appalachian Mountains at altitudes of up to 1, 500 m, where it grows in shaded places in forests.

The pinyon ( or piñon ) pine group grows in the southwestern United States and in Mexico.

In the Southern United States, hickory is popular for cooking barbecue, as hickory grows abundantly in the region, and adds flavor to the meat.

The new law now encompasses penalties of 7 to 9 years in prison for contracting an escort, 7-9 years in prison for transporting an escort to her appointment and now the most broad addition like in the United States, " facilitation " of any person, persons or company that promotes or services of an escort whether a newspaper, internet ad or website is subject to 9 to 11 years in prison, which grows to a maximum of 23 years if the offending person is a public servant of any kind.

Erigeron abajoensis ( Abajo Fleabane ) is a species of Erigeron in the family Asteraceae, native to Utah in the southwest United States, where it grows on sunny, dry, rocky slopes generally at elevations of 2, 270 to 3, 400 m.

Pollack recommends a grand strategy for the United States and its allies in which they “ encourage and enable the countries of the Middle East to pursue a gradual process of political, economic and social reform — one that grows from within, rather than being imposed from without ; one that reflects the values, traditions, history and aspirations of the people of the region themselves, not a Western guess at them ; one that recognizes that reform and stability are not mutually exclusive but mutually reinforcing — and ultimately mutually essential .”

* Wild rice ( Z. aquatica ), also an annual, grows in the Saint Lawrence River and on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States.

In the continental United States, it grows in South Florida, Southwest Florida, the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, ranging from the low deserts of Southern Arizona ( to as high as Tucson ), and Southern California.

Lana is a strain of safflower that grows in the southwestern United States, most notably Arizona and New Mexico.

For sustainable production, guayule grows well in arid and semi arid areas of the southwestern United States, North Central Mexico and regions with similar climates around the world.

Though the term fixed-base operator originated in the United States, the term is becoming more common in the international aviation industry as business and corporate aviation grows.

( The grape grows especially well at Sharpham Vineyard in Devon ) It is also a popular crop in colder locations in the United States.