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Under fire : the NRA and the battle for gun control
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ISBN: 1587290421 9781587290428 0877456461 9780877456469 Year: 1998 Publisher: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press,


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Firepower
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ISBN: 9780691207469 0691207461 0691207453 Year: 2021 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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The National Rifle Association is one of the most powerful interest groups in America, and has consistently managed to defeat or weaken proposed gun regulations - even despite widespread public support for stricter laws and the prevalence of mass shootings and gun-related deaths. 'Firepower' provides an unprecedented look at how this controversial organization built its political power and deploys it on behalf of its pro-gun agenda. Taking readers from the 1930s to the age of Donald Trump, Matthew Lacombe traces how the NRA's immense influence on national politics arises from its ability to shape the political outlooks and actions of its followers. He draws on nearly a century of archival records and surveys to show how the organization has fashioned a distinct worldview around gun ownership and used it to mobilize its supporters.


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The cult of the Constitution
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ISBN: 1503609103 9781503609105 9781503603226 Year: 2019 Publisher: Stanford, California

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In this controversial and provocative book, Mary Anne Franks examines the thin line between constitutional fidelity and constitutional fundamentalism. The Cult of the Constitution reveals how deep fundamentalist strains in both conservative and liberal American thought keep the Constitution in the service of white male supremacy. Constitutional fundamentalists read the Constitution selectively and self-servingly. Fundamentalist interpretations of the Constitution elevate certain constitutional rights above all others, benefit the most powerful members of society, and undermine the integrity of the document as a whole. The conservative fetish for the Second Amendment (enforced by groups such as the NRA) provides an obvious example of constitutional fundamentalism; the liberal fetish for the First Amendment (enforced by groups such as the ACLU) is less obvious but no less influential. Economic and civil libertarianism have increasingly merged to produce a deregulatory, "free-market" approach to constitutional rights that achieves fullest expression in the idealization of the Internet. The worship of guns, speech, and the Internet in the name of the Constitution has blurred the boundaries between conduct and speech and between veneration and violence. But the Constitution itself contains the antidote to fundamentalism. The Cult of the Constitution lays bare the dark, antidemocratic consequences of constitutional fundamentalism and urges readers to take the Constitution seriously, not selectively.


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Regulation versus litigation
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ISBN: 1283058324 9786613058324 0226432211 9780226432212 9780226432182 0226432181 Year: 2011 Publisher: Chicago London University of Chicago Press

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The efficacy of various political institutions is the subject of intense debate between proponents of broad legislative standards enforced through litigation and those who prefer regulation by administrative agencies. This book explores the trade-offs between litigation and regulation, the circumstances in which one approach may outperform the other, and the principles that affect the choice between addressing particular economic activities with one system or the other. Combining theoretical analysis with empirical investigation in a range of industries, including public health


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Who's in the Money?
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ISBN: 1474429424 1474429432 9781474429429 9781474429436 9781474429405 1474429408 9781474429412 1474429416 Year: 2022 Publisher: Edinburgh

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Explores the connections and tensions between Warner Bros. and the Roosevelt administration during 1933Harry and Jack Warner were among the most important advocates and fundraisers of President Franklin Roosevelt during his 1932 presidential campaign, supporting his New Deal legislation in successful Great Depression musicals like 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933, and Footlight Parade. But while the Warner brothers posed as exemplars of the New Deal in real life and in their movies, they were attempting to reverse Roosevelt’s policies within their studio and their industry.Using newly unearthed primary sources, this ground-breaking book examines the bitter and little known struggle in Hollywood and Washington D.C. during 1933 to create a National Recovery Administration (NRA) code of practice for the motion picture industry. But through the manipulation of New Deal legislation, Harry and Jack Warner, along with other studio moguls, sought to curtail workers’ rights and salaries instead of bolstering both sides of the labour/management divide as they were supposed to do under NRA regulations, attempting to serve the economic pain of the Depression as much as possible onto artists and craftsmen, not owners or management. With its tales of Hollywood stars and employees fighting to win a fair share of the proceeds of their labour, the creation of the NRA code makes for an intriguing story of financial survival, political intrigue and backstabbing during the worst of the Great Depression.Key featuresContains extensive primary research on the creation of the NRA’s motion picture code, including many new insights about the processGives students of U.S. history a new and entertaining way to examine the legacy of the Great Depression, the Hollywood studio system and President Roosevelt’s New Deal programExtensive analysis of the historical significance of the Warner Bros.' Great Depression MusicalsEntertaining stories and insights about Hollywood and U.S. government figures whose names have echoed through decades of American culture and historyDemonstrates how the Warners’ aggressive attempts to solidify their industry in 1933 ironically set the stage for the eventual downfall of the Hollywood studio system in the years after World War II


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Horta and after : 25 masters of modern architecture in Belgium.
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ISBN: 9076714010 9789076714011 Year: 2001 Publisher: Gent University. Department of architecture and urbanism

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Architects. Urbanists --- anno 1900-1999 --- Belgium --- 72.036 --- Horta, Victor --- Van de Velde, Henry --- Bourgeois, Victor --- De Koninck, Louis Herman --- Hoste, Huib --- Leborgne, Marcel --- Eysselinck, Gaston --- Brunfaut, Gaston --- Brunfaut, Maxime --- Brunfaut, Fernand --- Schillemans, Julien --- Braem, Renaat --- Stynen, Léon --- Dupuis, Jacques --- Groupe EGAU --- EGAU --- Edudes en Groupe d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme --- Calier, Charles --- Lhoest, Hyacinthe --- Mozin, Jules --- Van Der Meeren, Willy --- Engels, Lucien --- Callebout, Peter --- Vandenhove, Charles --- Neefs, Paul --- Dessauvage, Marc --- AWG --- ArchitectenWerkGroep --- Van Reeth, bOb --- Deleu, Luc --- TOP Office --- Robbrecht, Paul --- Daem, Hilde --- Beel, Stéphane --- De Geyter, Xaveer --- NRA --- Neutelings Riedijk Architecten --- Neutelings, Willem Jan --- België --- Twintigste eeuw (architectuur) --- 20ste eeuw (architectuur) --- Architecture --- History --- Koninck, de, Louis Herman --- Geyter, de, Xaveer --- Reeth, Van, Bob --- Stijnen, Leon --- Groupe Egau --- Robbrecht en Daem architecten [Ghent] --- Modernisme --- Van Reeth, Bob --- Engels, Friederich --- Egau --- Van De Velde, Henri --- Architectuur ; Art Nouveau ; Victor Horta --- Van de Velde, Henri --- Architectuur ; 20ste eeuw ; Victor Bourgeois --- Architectuur ; 20ste eeuw ; L. H. De Koninck --- Brunfaut, Fernand, Gaston en Maxime --- Architectuur ; België ; 20ste eeuw ; L. Engels --- Architectuur ; België ; 1949-1970 ; P. Callebout --- Architectuur ; 20ste eeuw ; Charles Vandenhove --- AWG/Van Reeth, Bob --- Architectuur ; Paul Robbrecht en Hilde Daem --- NRA/Willem Jan Neutelings --- Architectuur ; België ; 20ste eeuw --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 ; België --- Architectes --- Architects --- Architecture, Modern --- Architecture, Belgium --- Horta, Victor, baron, --- Influence --- Horta, Victor, --- (069) --- 72.038(493) --- (Musea. Collecties) --- architecture [discipline] --- Velde, Van de, Henry --- Riedijk, Michiel --- Modern [style or period] --- anno 2000-2099 --- Histoire de l'architecture --- Patrimoine architectural --- Groupe d'architectes --- Architecte --- Horta, Victor, 1861-1947 --- 20e siècle --- 19e siècle --- Belgique --- Histoire --- Van De Velde, Henry --- Influence. --- Deleu, Luc, --- Mouvement moderne --- History. --- Architecture - Belgium - History - 20th century --- Deleu, Luc, 1944 --- -Van Reeth, Bob --- Ghent University, Booktower.


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The Politicization of Safety : Critical Perspectives on Domestic Violence Responses
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ISBN: 1479888737 Year: 2019 Publisher: New York, NY : New York University Press,

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"Domestic violence is commonly assumed to be a bipartisan, nonpolitical issue, with politicians of all stripes claiming to work to end family violence. Nevertheless, the Violence Against Women Act expired for over 500 days between 2012 and 2013 due to differences between the U.S. Senate and House, demonstrating that legal protections for domestic abuse survivors are both highly political and highly vulnerable. Racial and gender politics, the move toward criminalization, reproductive justice concerns, gun control debates, and political interests are increasingly shaping responses to domestic violence, demonstrating the need for greater consideration of the interplay of politics, domestic violence, and how the law works in people's lives. [This book provides an] historical perspective on domestic violence responses in the United States. It grapples with the ways in which child welfare systems and civil and criminal justice responses intersect, and considers the different, overlapping ways in which survivors of domestic abuse are forced to cope with institutionalized discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and immigration status. The book also examines movement politics and the feminist movement with respect to domestic violence policies. The tensions discussed in this book, similar to those involved in the #metoo movement, include questions of accountability, reckoning, redemption, healing, and forgiveness. What is the future of feminism and the movements against gender-based violence and domestic violence? Readers are invited to question assumptions about how society and the legal system respond to intimate partner violence and to challenge the domestic violence field to move beyond old paradigms and contend with larger justice issues."--(4e de couverture).

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Intimate partner violence --- Family violence --- Prevention. --- Law and legislation --- United States. --- Battering Court Syndrome. --- National Rifle Association (NRA). --- Title IX. --- Violence Against Women Act. --- abuse and neglect. --- access to justice. --- alternative forms of justice. --- autonomy. --- background checks. --- battered women’s movement. --- battered women’s syndrome. --- campus climate. --- campus sexual assault. --- carceral feminism. --- child abuse. --- congressional intent. --- corporal punishment. --- criminal justice. --- criminalization. --- crossover youth. --- cycle of abuse. --- discrimination. --- domestic violence. --- empowerment. --- failure to protect. --- family court. --- family justice. --- felony murder. --- firearms. --- gender bias. --- gender politics. --- gender-based violence. --- gun control. --- gun laws. --- gun violence. --- guns in the home. --- harm reduction. --- homicide-suicide. --- immigration status. --- intersectionality. --- intimate fatalities. --- intimate partner violence. --- intrafamilial violence. --- juvenile justice. --- law enforcement. --- legal consciousness. --- masculinities. --- mass shootings. --- mens rea. --- militarization. --- multi-system involvement. --- multidimensional empowerment. --- national action plan. --- national plan of action. --- parental discipline privilege. --- police discretion. --- police-perpetrated domestic abuse. --- prison abolition. --- prosecutorial abuse. --- protection orders. --- punishment. --- restorative justice. --- sexual assault. --- situational couple violence. --- social control. --- social movements. --- specialized courts. --- specialized justice. --- survivor. --- teen dating violence. --- victims’ rights. --- violence against women. --- women’s human rights.


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Iberien zwischen Rom und Iran : Beiträge zur Geschichte und Kultur Transkaukasiens in der Antike
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ISBN: 351512277X 9783515122771 9783515122764 3515122761 Year: 2019 Volume: 29 Publisher: Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag,

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Die Geschichte und Kultur Transkaukasiens in der Antike steht im Fokus dieses Bandes, der die neuesten Forschungsergebnisse aus der Alten Geschichte, der Archäologie und der Orientalistik vereint. Ziel ist es, das antike Kaukasien stärker in den Fokus der Forschung zu rücken: Die Region liegt zwar an der Peripherie der alten Welt, stellt zugleich aber auch eine zentrale Kontakt- und Konfliktzone zwischen Rom und Iran dar. Im ersten Teil des Bandes stehen historische Fragen im Vordergrund, die von Problemen der Chronologie und Herrscherlisten über die Machtausdehnung der Römer und Perser bis zu deren Politik gegenüber den kaukasischen Völkern reichen. Im zweiten Teil geht es um Aspekte der religiösen Entwicklung, insbesondere um die Christianisierung Iberiens (heute Georgien) seit dem vierten Jahrhundert und die Rückwirkung dieser Vorgänge auf die beiden spätantiken Imperien. Der dritte Teil ist den neuesten archäologischen Befunden gewidmet.

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Caucasus, South --- Haravayin Kovkaz --- I︠U︡zhnyĭ Kavkaz --- Samxretʻ Kavkasia --- South Caucasus --- Transcaucasia --- Transcaucasus --- Zakavkazʹe --- Zakavkazʹye --- History --- E-books --- Caucasus --- Antiquities --- Kultur --- Geschichte --- Kartli --- Iran --- Jena --- Armenien --- Albanien --- (Produktform)Electronic book text --- Antike --- Archäologie --- Christentum --- Georgien --- Iberien --- Kaukasus --- Orient --- Persien --- Rom --- (VLB-WN)9553 --- Kulturphilosophie --- Zivilisation --- Armenische SSR --- Hayastan --- Republik Armenien --- Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun --- Hayastani Hanrapetowt̕iwn --- Armenija --- Hayastani Hanrapetowt̕yown --- Hayastani Hanrapetowt'yown --- HH --- Republic of Armenia --- RA --- Armenia --- Armenische Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik --- -1920 --- 23.08.1991 --- -Jomhōri-e Islamī-e Iran --- Kišwar-i Šāhanšāhī-i Īrān --- Īrān --- Islamische Republik Iran --- Islamic Republic of Iran --- République islamique d'Iran --- Imperial Government of Iran --- <>-Ǧumhūrīya al-Islāmīya al-Īrānīya --- Daulat-i ʿAlīya-i Īrān --- Pārs --- Ǧumhūrīyat Īrān al-Islāmīya --- <>Ǧumhūrīya al-Islāmīya al-Īrānīya --- <>Ǧumhūriyya al-Islāmiyya al-Īrāniyya --- Daulat-i Šāhinšāhī-i Īrān --- Gouvernement Impérial de l'Iran --- IR Iran --- Persia --- Ǧumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Īrān --- Perse --- الجمهورية الإسلامية الايرانية --- ایران --- Chaladsch --- Wenigenjena --- Iéna --- Ihena --- Stadt Jena --- City of Jena --- Gena --- Iena --- Jehna --- Jhena --- Giena --- Kartlia --- Khartli --- Kartlien --- Königreich Iberia --- Albania --- Albanie --- Albanisches Königreich --- Fürstentum Albanien --- Principata Shqipëri --- Albanskaja Narodnaja Respublika --- Arnavutluk --- Königreich Albanien --- Mbretëria Shqiptare --- Mbretnija Shqiptare --- NRA --- People's Socialist Republic of Albania --- PSR of Albania --- Regno Albanese --- Republic of Albania --- Republika e Shqipërise --- Republika e Shqipërisë --- Republika Popullore e Shqipërisë --- Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë --- RP d'Albanie --- RP të Shqipërisë --- Shqipëria --- Sozialistische Volksrepublik Albanien --- SVR Albanien --- Volksrepublik Albanien --- Albaner --- 28.11.1912 --- -(Produktform)Electronic book text --- Jomhōri-e Islamī-e Iran --- -Armenische SSR --- -Kartlia --- Königreich Iberia --- Caucase --- Christianisme --- Caucasus, South - History - Congresses. --- Caucasus, South - Antiquities - Congresses. --- Caucasus - History - Congresses. --- Caucasus - Antiquities - Congresses.


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The return of George Sutherland : restoring a jurisprudence of natural rights
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ISBN: 0691034729 069121820X Year: 1994 Publisher: Princeton Princeton University Press

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In this book, Hadley Arkes seeks to restore, for a new generation, the jurisprudence of the late Justice of the Supreme Court George Sutherland--a jurisprudence anchored in the understanding of natural rights. The doctrine of natural rights has become controversial in our own time, while Sutherland has been widely maligned and screened from our historical memory. He is remembered today as one of the "four horsemen" who resisted Roosevelt and the New Deal; but we have forgotten his leadership in the cause of voting rights for women. Both liberal and conservative jurists now deride Sutherland, yet both groups continue to draw upon his writings. Liberals look to Sutherland for a jurisprudence that protects "privacy" against the rule of majorities, as in matters concerning abortion or gay rights. Conservatives will appeal to his defense of freedom in the economy. However, both liberals and conservatives deny the premises of natural rights that provided the ground, and coherence, of Sutherland's teaching. Arkes contends that Sutherland can supply what is missing in both conservative and liberal jurisprudence. He argues that if a new generation can look again, with unclouded eyes, at the writings of Sutherland, both liberals and conservatives can be led back to the moral ground of their jurisprudence. This compelling intellectual biography introduces readers to an urbane man, and a steely judge, who has been made a stranger to them.

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Judges --- United States --- Biography --- Constitutional history --- Natural law --- Sutherland, George, --- Natural law. --- LAW / Constitutional. --- Aristotle. --- Arkes, Hadley. --- Black, Hugo (Justice). --- Bork, Robert. --- Cardozo, Benjamin (Justice). --- Chaco War. --- Cicero. --- Commerce Clause. --- Edwards v. California. --- Federalist papers. --- Field, Marshall. --- Gibbons v. Ogden. --- Gold Clause cases. --- Hamilton, Alexander. --- Heller, Joseph. --- Hoke v. U.S. --- Importation of slaves. --- Jay, William. --- Johnson, Andrew. --- Kidd v. Pearson. --- Lamar, Lucius (Justice). --- Lincoln, Abraham. --- Locke, John. --- Marshall, John (Chief Justice). --- Myers v. U.S. --- National Recovery Act (NRA). --- New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann. --- Peckham, Rufus (Justice). --- Prerogative, executive powers. --- delegation of authority. --- Law of nature (Law) --- Natural rights --- Nature, Law of (Law) --- Rights, Natural --- Law --- Derecho natural. --- Jueces --- Sutherland, George --- Estados Unidos --- ABŞ --- ABSh --- Ameerika Ühendriigid --- America (Republic) --- Amerika Birlăshmish Shtatlary --- Amerika Birlăşmi Ştatları --- Amerika Birlăşmiş Ştatları --- Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw --- Amerika Qūrama Shtattary --- Amerika Qŭshma Shtatlari --- Amerika Qushma Shtattary --- Amerika (Republic) --- Amerikai Egyesült Államok --- Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi︠a︡vks Shtattnė --- Amerikări Pĕrleshu̇llĕ Shtatsem --- Amerikas Forenede Stater --- Amerikayi Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Ameriketako Estatu Batuak --- Amirika Carékat --- AQSh --- Ar. ha-B. --- Arhab --- Artsot ha-Berit --- Artzois Ha'bris --- Bí-kok --- Ē.P.A. --- EE.UU. --- Egyesült Államok --- ĒPA --- Estados Unidos da América do Norte --- Estados Unidos de América --- Estaos Xuníos --- Estaos Xuníos d'América --- Estatos Unitos --- Estatos Unitos d'America --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Ètats-Unis d'Amèrica --- États-Unis d'Amérique --- Fareyniḳṭe Shṭaṭn --- Feriene Steaten --- Feriene Steaten fan Amearika --- Forente stater --- FS --- Hēnomenai Politeiai Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- Hiwsisayin Amerikayi Miatsʻeal Tērutʻiwnkʻ --- Istadus Unidus --- Jungtinės Amerikos valstybės --- Mei guo --- Mei-kuo --- Meiguo --- Mî-koet --- Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Miguk --- Na Stàitean Aonaichte --- NSA --- S.U.A. --- SAD --- Saharat ʻAmērikā --- SASht --- Severo-Amerikanskie Shtaty --- Severo-Amerikanskie Soedinennye Shtaty --- Si︠e︡vero-Amerikanskīe Soedinennye Shtaty --- Sjedinjene Američke Države --- Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Severnoĭ Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Si︠e︡vernoĭ Ameriki --- Spojené obce severoamerické --- Spojené staty americké --- SShA --- Stadoù-Unanet Amerika --- Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá --- Stany Zjednoczone --- Stati Uniti --- Stati Uniti d'America --- Stâts Unîts --- Stâts Unîts di Americhe --- Steatyn Unnaneysit --- Steatyn Unnaneysit America --- SUA (Stati Uniti d'America) --- Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati --- Sŭedinenite shtati --- Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua --- U.S. --- U.S.A. --- United States of America --- Unol Daleithiau --- Unol Daleithiau America --- Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko --- US --- USA --- Usono --- Vaeinigte Staatn --- Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Verenigde State van Amerika --- Verenigde Staten --- VS --- VSA --- Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amirīkīyah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah --- Yhdysvallat --- Yunaeted Stet --- Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika --- ZDA --- Združene države Amerike --- Zʹi︠e︡dnani Derz︠h︡avy Ameryky --- Zjadnośone staty Ameriki --- Zluchanyi︠a︡ Shtaty Ameryki --- Zlucheni Derz︠h︡avy --- ZSA --- Η.Π.Α. --- Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής --- Америка (Republic) --- Американь Вейтьсэндявкс Штаттнэ --- Америкӑри Пӗрлешӳллӗ Штатсем --- САЩ --- Съединените щати --- Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі --- ولايات المتحدة --- ولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة --- ولايات المتحدة الامريكية --- 미국 --- Historia constitucional. --- États-Unis --- É.-U. --- ÉU --- Amerik --- Америк --- Amerikiĭn Nėgdsėn Uls --- Америкийн Нэгдсэн Улс --- ANU --- АНУ --- Северо-Американские Штаты --- Северо-Американские Соединенные Штаты --- Сѣверо-Американскіе Соединенные Штаты --- Соединенные Штаты Америки --- Соединенные Штаты Северной Америки --- Соединенные Штаты Сѣверной Америки --- США --- ЗДА --- Зьєднані Держави Америки

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