The appointment of U Thant of Burma as the U.N.'s Acting Secretary General -- at this writing, the choice appears to be certain -- offers further proof that in politics it is more important to have no influential enemies than to have influential friends.

With the neutralists maintaining pressure for one of their own to succeed Mr. Hammarskjold, U Thant emerged as the only possible candidate unlikely to be waylaid by a veto.

U Thant of course, will hold office until the spring of 1963, when Mr. Hammarskjold's term would have come to an end.

the West may or not remain satisfied with the kind of neutralism that U Thant represents.

If Af are the projections associated with the primary decomposition of T, then each Af is a polynomial in T, and accordingly if a linear operator U commutes with T then U commutes with each of the Af, i.e., each subspace Af is invariant under U.

Near Q, both curves can be represented by analytic functions of U.

In a neighborhood of Q the difference between these functions is also a single-valued, analytic function of U.

The restrained gyro-stabilized platform with reasonable response characteristics operates with an approximate equation of motion, neglecting transient effects, as follows: Af where U is a torque applied about the output axis of the controlling gyro.

Lincoln's assassination was the first assassination of a U. S. president and sent the nation into mourning.

Lincoln has been consistently ranked by scholars and the public as one of the three greatest U. S. presidents.

In 1846, Lincoln was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives, where he served one two-year term.

Lincoln also supported the Wilmot Proviso, which, if it had been adopted, would have banned slavery in any U. S. territory won from Mexico.

Lincoln disapproved of slavery, and the spread of slavery to new U. S. territory in the west.

Douglas ' provision, which Lincoln opposed, specified settlers had the right to determine locally whether to allow slavery in new U. S. territory, rather than have such a decision restricted by the national Congress.

In late 1854, Lincoln ran as a Whig for the U. S. Senate seat from Illinois.

After the state Republican party convention nominated him for the U. S. Senate in 1858, Lincoln delivered his House Divided Speech, drawing on: " A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The stage was then set for the campaign for statewide election of the Illinois legislature which would, in turn, select Lincoln or Douglas as its U. S. senator.

Douglas said that Lincoln was defying the authority of the U. S. Supreme Court and the Dred Scott decision.

The U. S. Navy illegally intercepted a British merchant ship the Trent on the high seas and seized two Confederate envoys ; Britain protested vehemently while the U. S. cheered.

He argued before and during his election that the eventual extinction of slavery would result from preventing its expansion into new U. S. territory.

Anthropologists ' involvement with the U. S. government, in particular, has caused bitter controversy within the discipline.

Austin is the capital of the U. S. state of Texas.

The world's smallest known vertebrate, Paedophryne amauensis, sitting on a Dime ( United States coin ) | U. S. dime, 17. 91mm, for scale

The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized ( or incorporated ) territory on May 11, 1912, and the 49th state of the U. S. on January 3, 1959.

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* U. S. House Committee on Agriculture – Glossary of agricultural terms, programs and laws

* Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, U. S. law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability

* Anti-Deficiency Act, U. S. law that prohibits the federal government from incurring debts not authorized by Congress

In the U. S. federal court system, criminal defendants must file a notice of appeal within 10 days of the entry of either the judgment or the order being appealed, or the right to appeal is forfeited.

Many U. S. jurisdictions title their appellate court a court of appeal or court of appeals.

He also took part in the mass education movement to fight illiteracy, founded in 1921 by members of the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association with U. S. backing.

* 1895 – The first U. S. Open Men's Golf Championship administered by the United States Golf Association is played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.

The Clan competes in Canadian Interuniversity Sport ( CIS ) and the U. S. National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) and the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association ( MCLA ).

The U. S. National Men's Singles Championship, now the US Open, was first held in 1881 at the Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island.

Along with his father, Jim Shea Sr., he passed the Olympic Torch to the 1980 U. S. Men's Hockey Team, who then ignited the Olympic Cauldron.

* Notable recent graduates of the college include: former Missouri Senator Jim Talent, Nevada Senator Chic Hecht, and former Nebraska Congressman Hal Daub ; George Zimmer, founder of Men's Wearhouse ; Avram Glazer, chairman of Manchester United ; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Ken Cooper and Hank Klibanoff ; Jon Feltheimer, CEO of Lionsgate films ; actors Peter Sarsgaard ( Boys Don't Cry, An Education, Flight Plan ) and Harold Ramis ( Ghostbusters, Caddyshack ); U. S. Ambassador Sam Fox ; baseball player Dal Maxvill ; and science-show host Deanne Bell ( Design Squad ).

Moore County has many golf resorts in the Southern Pines / Pinehurst area, and has played host to the 1996 and 2001 Women's U. S. Opens as well as the 1999 and 2005 Men's U. S. Opens.

* William Nelson ( athlete ) ( born 1984 ), U. S. steeplechaser, see Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metre steeplechase

Seven Lakes is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Moore County, North Carolina, about 10 – 15 minutes away from the Pinehurst # 2, where two different U. S. Open's have occurred, in 1999 and 2005 Pinehurst # 2 will also host the 2014 Men's U. S. Open's.

* Roger Haynes ( 1982 )-In 2007, Haynes was named the Division III Men's National Coach of the Year for the indoor season by the U. S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

The venue's attendance record was set during a preparation match between the Mexican National Team and the U. S. Men's Soccer Team.

The previous USA vs. Mexico match in Reliant Stadium drew a sellout crowd of 69, 582 fans on May 8, 2003 and is the largest home crowd for the U. S. Men's National Team this decade, until the USA MNT played Mexico for a capacity crowd of 80, 702 fans in Giants Stadium for the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final.

Although Men's Health was founded in the U. S., its international editions have made it the world ’ s largest men ’ s magazine brand.

Storm also anchored NBC Sports coverage of Wimbledon, French Open, Notre Dame football, World Figure Skating Championships, NBC SportsDesk, Men's and Women's U. S. Open ( golf ) and various college bowl games.

His secret was that he was the captain of the 1980 U. S. Men's Olympic hockey team, but he failed to stump the panel, as his secret was guessed by Billy Bean.

Bruce Arena's 71 wins as national coach from 1998-2006 are by far the most in U. S. history, making him arguably the most successful Men's US National Team Coach in history.

Both the United States men's and women's national teams have played numerous matches at Crew Stadium, most notably, the 2001 Men's World Cup Qualifier between the U. S. and Mexico known as La Guerra Fria due to sub-freezing temperatures.

* The U. S. Men's National Team has never lost a game played at Columbus Crew Stadium, and have allowed only one goal against ( as of September, 2012 ).

* August 3, 2002 – In the MLS All-Star Game, a team of MLS players defeat the U. S. Men's National Team 3 – 2.

González won his first ATP title in May 2000 when he defeated Massú at the U. S. Men's Clay Court Championships final in Orlando, Florida.

The facility has also hosted the 2001 U. S. Figure Skating Championships, the 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, the 1996 and 2000 US Gymnastics Trials, the 1998 and 2004 NCAA Men's Frozen Four, the 1996 NHL All-Star Game, the 2008 and 2010 NBA Finals, and the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals.

* U. S. Men's National Soccer Team vs. Brazil in a friendly match-September 9, 2007.