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United and States
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.

United and ski
Mount Hood, the only year-round ski resort in the United States and the site of Timberline Lodge, is a major attraction for recreation and tourism.
The Norge Ski Club is the oldest, continuously open ski club in the United States.
Taos Ski Valley is a village and alpine ski resort in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.
Massanutten is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States, built around a ski resort.
Westby has one of the largest ski jumps in the United States, where the Snowflake Ski Club hosts an annual ski jump event at the end of January and the beginning of February.
Beech Mountain Ski Resort is one of very few ski areas operating in the Southeastern United States.
The Red Cross Nordic United World College at Haugland, one of the twelve United World Colleges of the world is also located here, as well as the Åsnes ski factory, the Nordic Art Centre at Dalsåsen and the Dale / Jarl shoe factory.
In January 1934, an improvised rope tow, said to be the first ski lift in the Eastern United States, was installed on a hill located on Clinton Gilbert's farm.
* 13th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1950 are held in the United States at Lake Placid ( ski jumping ) and Rumford, Maine ( cross-country skiing ).
# REDIRECT List of ski areas and resorts in the United States # Colorado
Arapahoe Basin is an alpine ski area in the Rocky Mountains of the United States, in the White River National Forest of Colorado.
The first gondola built in the United States for a ski resort was located at the Wildcat Mountain Ski Area.
This ski trail was rated Expert-Class A by the United States Eastern Amateur Ski Association ( USEASA, today the United States Ski and Snowboard Association ) and later host site for the USEASA Championship Races in 1938 and 1940.
In 1953, the United States Forest Service awarded a permit to McCoy to operate the ski area.
Nicknamed " Tiger " because of her ' go for it ' attitude and her aggressive style of skiing, she won the Canadian ski championship nine times and the United States championship three times.
In 2006, the park hosted ICER AIR the first ever stadium big-air ski and snowboard competition to be held in the United States.
* Beaver Creek Resort, a ski area in Colorado, United States
Also during WWII, the United States Army 10th Mountain Division was established and trained for ski combat.
* Cascade Mountain ( ski area ), a ski area in Wisconsin, United States
Deer Valley is an alpine ski resort in the Wasatch Range, located east of Salt Lake City, in Park City, Utah, United States.

United and patrol
The Army, twice as large as the other services combined with about 24, 000 active duty personnel, consists of six infantry brigades, a combat support brigade, an air cavalry squadron and a combat service support brigade ; the Air Force operates two main bases, one in southern region near Santo Domingo and one in the northern region of the country, the air force operates approximately 40 aircraft including helicopters ; and the Navy maintains three aging vessels which were donated from the United States, around 25 patrol crafts and interceptor boats and two helicopters.
it has an inventory consisting of about thirty five large patrol craft ( each between twenty and thirty meters in length ) and twenty smaller Bertram-class coastal patrol craft built in the United States.
In 1988, the United States donated a 68-foot patrol boat to the Equatoguinean navy to patrol its exclusive economic zone.
During World War I, the United States Navy acquired large numbers of privately owned and commercial ships and craft for use as patrol vessels, mine warfare vessels, and various types of naval auxiliary ships, some of them with identical names.
It was later reported that, while in Afghanistan, Harry had called in United States Air Force air strikes, helped Gurkha troops repel an attack from Taliban insurgents, and performed patrol duty in hostile areas.
# Decides that the United States of America, by certain attacks on Nicaraguan territory in 1983-1984, namely attacks on Puerto Sandino on 13 September and 14 October 1983, an attack on Corinto on 10 October 1983 ; an attack on Potosi Naval Base on 4 / 5 January 1984, an attack on San Juan del Sur on 7 March 1984 ; attacks on patrol boats at Puerto Sandino on 28 and 30 March 1984 ; and an attack on San Juan del Norte on 9 April 1984 ; and further by those acts of intervention referred to in subparagraph ( 3 ) hereof which involve the use of force, has acted, against the Republic of Nicaragua, in breach of its obligation under customary international law not to use force against another State ;
* USS Psyche V ( SP-9 ), a United States patrol vessel
* USS PCS-1376, a United States Navy patrol boat
* USS Quicksilver ( SP-281 ), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
The incident sparked debate on the appropriate firepower for United States patrol officers to have available in similar situations in the future.
In 2004, the United States Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine utilized the Hunter under a trial program for border patrol duties.
*, also ID-2119, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1918 to 1919
*, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
* USS Navajo III ( SP-298 ), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
* Point Class Cutter, a small vessel formerly used as a patrol craft by the United States Coast Guard
*, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
* USS Malay ( SP-735 ), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
The B class blimps were patrol airships operated by the United States Navy during and shortly after World War I.
*, a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
* USS Olympic ( SP-260 ), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
*, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1918 to 1919
* USS Burlington ( PF-51 ), a United States Navy patrol frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1952
* USS Gem ( SP-41 ), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919

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