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 rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called " The Charleston " by composer / pianist James P. Johnson which originated in the Broadway show Runnin ' Wild and became one of the most popular hits of the decade.

And Iturbi conducts the United States Navy Band for a patriotic rendition of the title tune.

As a result, Lion was under pressure by independent distributors to come up with similar successes, with the result that many Blue Note albums of this era start with a catchy tune intended for heavy airplay in the United States.

It is one of the few acoustic instruments to be developed in the United States and one of the easiest melodic instruments to play well, requiring only the ability to vocalize in tune.

His signature tune, " Everybody Loves Somebody ", knocked The Beatles ' " A Hard Day's Night " out of the number-one spot in the United States in 1964.

The Russian Hymn tune continues to appear in various modern English language hymnals, such as those of the United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church ( U. S. A .), the Lutheran Book of Worship of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, or as Russia in The Hymnal 1982 of the U. S. Episcopal Church.

This tune was later added to Francis Scott Key's poem The Defence of Fort McHenry to become The Star-Spangled Banner, which was later proclaimed the United States ' national anthem.

The tune has since been covered by Lawrence Welk himself ( on the Dot album Scarlet O ' Hara ), Al Caiola ( United Artists-Album " Greasy Kid Stuff "), The Ventures, Agent Orange, Hank Marvin, Lively Ones.

The tune was a triple # 1-R & B, Adult Contemporary, and four weeks at the summit on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1986-selling close to two million 45s in the United States alone.

The tune became very well known not only in the United States but internationally ; in 1841 the US ambassador to Central America, John Lloyd Stephens, wrote that upon his arrival in Mérida, Yucatán, the local brass band played " Jump Jim Crow " under the mistaken impression that it was the US national anthem.

* For years, Cal Worthington has used a variation of the tune as the advertising jingle for his Worthington automobile dealerships in the United States.

Although originally a classical pianist, Barry took a correspondence course ( with jazz composer Bill Russo ) and working as an arranger for the Jack Parnell and Ted Heath's Orchestra, he formed his own band in 1957, The John Barry Seven, with whom he had some hit records on the EMI Columbia label, including " Hit and Miss ", the theme tune he composed for the BBC's Juke Box Jury programme, a cover of the Ventures ' " Walk Don't Run ", and a cover of the theme for the United Artists Western The Magnificent Seven.

The tune of the Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is the European anthem ; the United Nations and the African Union also have unofficial anthems.

It was during the bombardment of the fort that Francis Scott Key was inspired to write " The Star-Spangled Banner ," the poem that would eventually be set to the tune of " To Anacreon in Heaven " and become the national anthem of the United States.

Sung to the old Methodist hymn tune Cranbrook ( composed by Canterbury-based shoemaker Thomas Clark in 1805 and later used as a tune for While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night ), the song has become so popular that the origin of the music as a hymn tune has been almost forgotten in the United Kingdom.

It is still regularly used for the traditional words While Shepherds Watched in some churches including Leeds Parish Church, but is no longer widely recognised as a hymn or carol tune in the United Kingdom.

Cranbrook continues in use as a hymn tune in the United States, where it was not adopted as the tune of a popular secular song and is customarily used with the lyrics of Philip Doddridge's Grace!

The hokey cokey ( United Kingdom ) or hokey pokey ( United States, Canada, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand ), also known as okey cokey, or cokey cokey, is a participation dance with a distinctive accompanying tune and lyric structure.

It was also used the tune for a Tottenham song abusing Sol Campbell after his move to Arsenal in 2001 and for a popular chant sung by Manchester United fans, to the tune of " Lord of the Dance ", in honour of Park Ji-Sung, which has been described as " the greatest football chant of all time as it manages to be simultaneously endearing and offensive on a number of levels ".

The United States is always ready to participate with the Soviet Union in serious discussion of these or any other subjects that may lead to peace with justice.

Certainly it is not necessary to repeat that the United States has no intention of interfering in the internal affairs of any nation ; ;

No longer is the United States the only major industrial country capable of providing substantial amounts of the resources so urgently needed in the newly developed countries.

It is world-wide knowledge that any power which might be tempted today to attack the United States by surprise, even though we might sustain great losses, would itself promptly suffer a terrible destruction.

Third, the United States is pressing forward in the development of large rocket engines to place vehicles of many tons into space for exploration purposes.

`` Little Rock is, without any flattery, one of the dullest towns in the United States and I would not have remained two hours in the place, if I had not met with some good friends who made me forget its dreariness ''.

It is for these reasons that proposals for a `` new world order '', through radical overhaul of the United Nations or through some sort of world federation, are utterly fatuous.

But for the United States and its SEATO allies to attempt to shore up a less tough, less combat-tested government army in monsoon-shrouded, road-shy, guerrilla-th'-wisp terrain is a risk not savored by Pentagon planners.

But since last fall the United States has been moving toward a pro-neutralist position and now is ready to back the British plan for a cease-fire patrolled by outside observers and followed by a conference of interested powers.

The only response we can think of is the humble one that at least we aren't playing the marimba with our shoes in the United Nations, but perhaps the heavy domes in the house of delegates can improve on this feeble effort.

progress, or lack of it, toward civil rights in the 50 states is reported in an impressive 689-page compilation issued last week by the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

the Army, Navy and Air Force, among others, may question Secretary Freeman's claim that the high estate of United States agriculture is the `` strongest deterrent '' to the spread of communism.

Gen. Maxwell Taylor's statement in Saigon that he is `` very much encouraged '' about the chances of the pro-Western government of Viet Nam turning back Communist guerrilla attacks comes close to an announcement that he will not recommend dispatching United States troops to bolster the Vietnamese Army.

Nothing that is likely to happen, however, should prompt the sending of United States soldiers for other than instructional missions.

It is a war to stay out of today, especially in view of the fact that President Ngo Dinh Diem apparently does not want United States troops.

It is probable that his recommendations will be informed and workable, and that they will not lead to involving the United States in an Asian morass.

Although the United States and the U.S.S.R. have been arguing whether there shall be four, five or six top assistants, the most important element in the situation is not the number of deputies but the manner in which these deputies are to do their work.

This is the root issue for which the United States should stand.

What we must have, if the United Nations is to survive, is as nonpolitical, nonpartisan an organization at the top as human beings can make it, subject to no single nation's direction and subservient to no single nation's ambition.

This, in more diplomatic language, is what Adlai Stevenson told the newspaper men of Latin America yesterday on behalf of the United States Government.

The West Berlin crisis is being played up artificially because it is needed by the United States to justify its arms drive ''.