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 States, under DGA rules, directors receive a minimum of ten weeks after completion of principal photography to prepare their first cut.

Certain countries such as the United Kingdom are unaffected as they maintain more stringent gun control laws than those effectively set as a minimum by the European Union.

As late as the year 1900, most industrial workers in the United States still worked a 10-hour day ( 12 hours in the steel industry ), yet earned from 20 to 40 percent less than the minimum deemed necessary for a decent life.

In 1998, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated that a " minimum of 1, 517 tons of cannabis was harvested " in Kazakhstan.

The United States takes a more laissez-faire approach, setting some minimum standards but leaving most workers ' wages and benefits to collective bargaining and market forces.

The actual length of the barrels of a long gun are subject various laws in many jurisdictions, for example by the National Firearms Act in the United States, which sets a minimum length of 16 inches ( 40 cm ) for rifle barrels and 18 inches ( 45 cm ) for shotgun barrels.

In the United States, the minimum length for long guns with detachable or folding stocks is with the stock in the extended position.

Minimum wage rates vary greatly across many different jurisdictions, not only in setting a particular amount of money ( e. g. US $ 7. 25 per hour under U. S. Federal law ( or 2. 13 for employees who receive tips, known as the tipped minimum wage ), $ 9. 04 in the U. S. state of Washington, and £ 6. 08 ( for those aged 21 +) in the United Kingdom ), but also in terms of which pay period ( e. g. Russia and China set monthly minimums ) or the scope of coverage.

Another possible explanation for why the current minimum wage laws may not affect unemployment in the United States is that the minimum wage is set close to the equilibrium point for low and unskilled workers.

Another survey in 2007 conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center found that 73 % of labor economists surveyed in the United States believed a 150 % of the then-current minimum wage would result in employment losses and 68 % believed a mandated minimum wage would cause an increase in hiring of workers with greater skills.

To qualify for listing on the exchange, a company must be registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ), have at least three market makers ( financial firms that act as brokers or dealers for specific securities ) and meet minimum requirements for assets, capital, public shares, and shareholders.

The Core Program ’ s emphasis on global literacy requires students to take a minimum of three courses that touch on at least three of the following geographical areas: Africa and the Middle East ; Asia and the Pacific ; Europe ; Latin America ; the United States ; and Intercultural.

Proverb familiarity in the United States: Cross-regional comparisons of the paremiological minimum.

However, the United States Supreme Court found that the defendants ( World-Wide Volkswagen Corp .) did not have the minimum contacts with Oklahoma necessary to create personal jurisdiction there.

QRP enthusiasts contend that this is not always necessary, and doing so wastes power, increases the likelihood of causing interference to nearby televisions, radios, and telephones and, for United States ' amateurs is incompatible with FCC Part 97 rule, which states that one must use " the minimum power necessary to carry out the desired communications.

The DRI for sodium is 2. 3 grams per day, but on average people in the United States consume 3. 4 grams per day, the minimum amount that promotes hypertension ; this in turn causes 7. 6 million premature deaths worldwide.

* April 13 – The United States Federal Communications Commission's minimum programming time required of TV stations is cut from 15 hours to 4 hours a week during the war.

In the United States, the minimum dimensions for dry, hard landing fields are defined by the FAR Landing And Takeoff Field Lengths.

The United States Department of State publishes the annual Trafficking in Persons Report, identifying countries as either Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 2 Watch List or Tier 3, depending upon three factors: "( 1 ) The extent to which the country is a country of origin, transit, or destination for severe forms of trafficking ; ( 2 ) The extent to which the government of the country does not comply with the TVPA's minimum standards including, in particular, the extent of the government's trafficking-related corruption ; and ( 3 ) The resources and capabilities of the government to address and eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons.

However, in the United States, a minimum color saturation must be met to be called a ruby, otherwise the stone will be called a pink sapphire.

* In Canada, the regulations regarding naming conventions for brandy are basically similar to those the United States ( provisions B. 02. 050 – 061 ), the minimum specified aging period is six months in wood ( although not necessarily oak, provision B. 02. 061. 2 ), and caramel, fruit, other botantical substances, flavourings, and flavouring preparations may also be included in a product called brandy ( provisions B. 02. 050 – 059 ).

In the United States, products sold as " butter " are required to contain a minimum of 80 % butterfat ; in practice, most American butters contain only slightly more than that, averaging around 81 % butterfat.