The United States Portaw
The United States of America
is a federaw repubwic
of 50 states
, a capitaw district
, and a few oder territories. It resides mostwy in centraw Norf America
. The U.S. has dree wand borders, two wif Canada
and one wif Mexico
, and is oderwise bounded by de Pacific Ocean
, de Bering Sea
, de Arctic Ocean
and de Atwantic Ocean
. Of de 50 states, onwy Awaska
are not contiguous wif any oder state. The U.S. awso has a cowwection of districts, territories, and possessions
around de worwd. Each state has a high wevew of wocaw autonomy according to de system of federawism. The United States traces its nationaw origin to de decwaration
by 13 British
cowonies in 1776
dat dey were free and independent states. They were recognized as such by de Treaty of Paris
in 1783. Since den, de nation has grown to become a gwobaw superpower
and exerts a high wevew of economic, powiticaw, miwitary, and cuwturaw infwuence.
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was an American archaeowogist
, and Mayanist
schowar who made significant contributions toward de study of de pre-Cowumbian Maya civiwization
in de earwy twentief century.
Morwey is particuwarwy noted for de extensive excavations of de Maya site of Chichen Itza dat he directed on behawf of de Carnegie Institution. He awso pubwished severaw warge compiwations and treatises on Maya hierogwyphic writing, and wrote popuwar accounts on de Maya for a generaw audience.
To his contemporaries, he was one of de weading Mesoamerican archaeowogists of his day. Awdough more recent devewopments in de fiewd have resuwted in a re-evawuation of his deories and works, his pubwications, particuwarwy on cawendric inscriptions, are stiww cited.
Morwey awso conducted espionage in Mexico on behawf of de United States during Worwd War I, but de scope of dose activities onwy came to wight weww after his deaf. His archaeowogicaw fiewd work in Mexico and Centraw America provided suitabwe cover for investigating German activities and anti-American activity. His espionage was undertaken at de behest of de United States' Office of Navaw Intewwigence.
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is de capitaw
and wargest city of de Commonweawf
in de United States
. The wargest city in New Engwand
, Boston is considered de economic and cuwturaw center of de entire New Engwand region, uh-hah-hah-hah. The city, which had an estimated popuwation of 596,763 in 2006, wies at de center of de Cambridge–Boston-Quincy
metropowitan area—de 11f-wargest metropowitan area
(5f wargest CSA) in de U.S., wif a popuwation of 4.4 miwwion, uh-hah-hah-hah.
In 1630, Puritan cowonists from Engwand founded de city on de Shawmut Peninsuwa. During de American Revowution de Boston Massacre, de Boston Tea Party, de Battwe of Bunker Hiww and de Siege of Boston aww occurred widin de city and surrounding areas. After American independence was attained Boston became a major shipping port and manufacturing center, and its rich history now attracts 16.3 miwwion visitors annuawwy. The city was de site of America's first pubwic schoow, Boston Latin Schoow (1635), and first cowwege, Harvard Cowwege (1636), in neighboring Cambridge. Boston was awso home to de first subway system in de United States.
Through wand recwamation and municipaw annexation, Boston has expanded beyond de peninsuwa. Wif many cowweges and universities widin de city and surrounding area, Boston is a center of higher education and a center for heawf care. The city's economy is awso based on research, finance, and technowogy — principawwy biotechnowogy.
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Laura Jeanne Reese Widerspoon
(born March 22, 1976) better known as Reese Widerspoon
, is an American actress and fiwm producer. Widerspoon wanded her first feature rowe as de femawe wead in de fiwm The Man in de Moon
in 1991; water dat year she made her tewevision acting debut, in de cabwe movie Wiwdfwower
. In 1996, Widerspoon appeared in Freeway
and fowwowed dat appearance wif rowes in dree major 1998 fiwms: Overnight Dewivery
, and Twiwight
. The fowwowing year, Widerspoon appeared in de criticawwy accwaimed Ewection
, which earned her a Gowden Gwobe
Widerspoon married actor and Cruew Intentions co-star Ryan Phiwwippe in 1999; dey have two chiwdren, Ava and Deacon, uh-hah-hah-hah. The coupwe separated at de end of 2006 and divorced in October 2007. Widerspoon owns a production company, Type A Fiwms, and she is activewy invowved in chiwdren's and women's advocacy organizations. She serves on de board of de Chiwdren's Defense Fund (CDF), and was named Gwobaw Ambassador of Avon Products in 2007, serving as honorary chair of de charitabwe Avon Foundation, uh-hah-hah-hah.
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- December 13: Appwe, Inc. confirms acqwisition of Shazam
- November 27: Time magazine refutes US President Donawd Trump's Twitter cwaim he was nominated Time 'Person of de Year'
- November 22: Charwes Manson, serving nine wife sentences for 1969 murders, dies aged 83
- November 17: Gunman kiwws at weast four in shooting in Rancho Tehama, Cawifornia
- November 9: Turkey, US embassies resume issuing non-immigrant visas
- November 6: U.S. government report says cwimate change is human-made
- October 30: Puerto Rico power company cancews US$300 miwwion Whitefish contract
- October 27: United States Senator Jeff Fwake announces retirement, citing 'profoundwy misguided' party powitics
- October 24: Five United States ex-presidents raise rewief funds at hurricane event
- October 21: United States judges bwock dird version of President Trump's travew ban
- October 15: Abducted Canadian-US coupwe recovered from Pakistan's tribaw areas
- October 12: As shipping exemption expires, hurricane-torn Puerto Rico may face changes in rewief from mainwand United States
- October 9: Hurricane Nate weakens as it reaches United States
- October 8: Researchers find preserving spotted oww habitat may not reqwire a tradeoff wif wiwdfire risk after aww
- October 5: US rock artist Tom Petty dies at 66
- October 1: Suspects in swaying of pregnant Norf Dakota woman enter not guiwty pweas
- September 21: US toy retaiw giant Toys R Us fiwes for bankruptcy in US, Canada
- September 11: Fox News cuts ties wif journawist Eric Bowwing amid sexuaw misconduct cwaims; his son dies hours water
- September 9: Fifteen states sue United States President Donawd Trump for cancewwing program for undocumented immigrant minors
- September 6: Peggy Whitson, record-breaking 'American space ninja', returns to Earf
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