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New Kerala | 6 days ago
Now, web users can play 'cosmic slot machine' to study colliding galaxies
...these collisions. Galaxy Zoo Mergers, which goes live on 24 November at http://mergers.galaxyzoo.org is an international project led by scientists from Oxford University in the UK and George Mason University in the US. "Visitors to the...
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washingtonpost.com | November 21, 2009
Rhodes Scholars named for 2010
Rhodes Scholars named for 2010 WASHINGTON -- Thirty-two men and women from across the U.S. have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2010. The scholarships announced early Sunday provide all expenses for two or three years of study at the...
In this article: Rhodes Scholars, University of Oxford, Washington, England, and U.S.
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ResourceShelf | 7 days ago
2009 Rhodes Scholars
...press release (PDF; 22 KB): Elliot F. Gerson, American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust, today announced the names of the thirty-two American men and women chosen as Rhodes Scholars representing the United States. Rhodes Scholarships provide...
In this article: Rhodes Scholarships, Oxford, Rhodes Trust, University of Oxford, American college, Cecil Rhodes, and England
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U.S. News & World Report | 6 days ago
Where to Start if You Want to Be a Rhodes Scholar
...students from many countries around the world-with 32 each year coming from the United States-to pursue studies in all of the fields available at the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world. [Read...
In this article: Rhodes Scholarship, Cecil J. Rhodes, All rights reserved, University of Oxford, Harvard, Africa, and North Dakota
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Iranian official in fake degree scandal dies
...university denied it awarded him an honorary doctorate of law. Kordan claimed his impeachment was a conspiracy by Iran's foreign enemies, including the U.S. and Israel. His alleged Oxford diploma, dated June 2000, was imprinted with a...
In this article: University of Oxford, Oxford, Iran, Heart failure, Tehran, U.S., and Israel
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Miami Herald | November 11, 2009
Lidia's Italy, 'heart and soul'
...of depth and interest. Bastianich came with her family to the United States in 1958 when she was 12 to escape communism in Pula, Istria, an area of northern Italy that had been given to Yugoslavia after World War II. She worked her way...
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The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km) and with about 308 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of US $14.4 trillion (a quarter of nominal global GDP and a fifth of global GDP at purchasing power parity).
- Name:
- the United States
- Conventional Long Name:
- United States of America
- Capital:
- Washington, D.C.
- Language:
- None at federal level
- English (de facto)
- Motto:
- In God We Trust
- Largest City:
- New York City
- Government type:
- Federal constitutional republic
- Founding Date:
- September 03, 1783
- Formations:
- Recognized
- Area:
- 3794101
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $14.441 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 1st
- GDP (nominal):
- $14.441 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 17th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 1st
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $47,440
- Currency:
- United States dollar ($)
- Demonym:
- American
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- USD
- Country Calling Code:
- +1
- ccTLD:
- .us .gov .mil .edu
- Anthem:
- "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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