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(Encyclopedia) CE5 NebraskaNebraskanəbrăsˈkə [key], Great Plains state of the central United States. It is bordered by Iowa and Missouri, across the Missouri River (E), Kansas (S), Colorado (SW),…Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Historical BackgroundThe McCulloch v. Maryland decision in 1819 fanned the flames of controversy over States' rights and national supremacy. By 1824, Chief Justice John Marshall had reached…Team Records for College Football, 1998-1999
Scoring Offense Gm Record Pts Avg Florida A&M 11 10-1 546 49.6 Ga. Southern 11 11-0 468 42.5 Morehead St. 11 9-2 430 39.1 Tennessee St…Gary L. Bauer, 1999 News
53, conservative politician and presidential hopeful, placed fourth in August's Iowa straw poll. The impressive finish boosted his campaign for the Republican nomination. The president of…Martin R. Frankel, 1999 News
45, fugitive financier, allegedly bilked insurance companies of more than $200 million, pulling off the biggest insurance scam in the country's history. With investigators closing in on him…Elizabeth Dole, 1999 News
63, former president of the American Red Cross, began campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination in May. No stranger to the campaign trail, she stumped for her husband, former…Gerhard Schröder, 2002 News
German politician, was reelected chancellor by a razor-thin margin in September, defeating conservative businessman Edmund Stoiber. Schröder, who early on trailed Stoiber in the polls, was…Bike Riding in the U.S.
The Question: How many adults and children bicycle regularly in the U.S.? The Answer: According to the Statistical Abstract of the United States, in 2008…U.S. Elections
Elections are the first Tuesday after Nov. 1. Tuesday was chosen to not overlap the Sabbath or market day for farmers.Read biographies on all current members of Congress as well as past and present…Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 33
Part 33Space and Time! now I see it is true, what I guess'd at, What I guess'd when I loaf'd on the grass, What I guess'd while I lay alone in my bed, And again as I walk'd the beach under…Trending
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