"Army, which is fighting the Imperial Japanese Army in northeast China. The letter is marked with three feathers, indicating its importance. He embarks on his mission but must avoid the many Japanese patrols. At one point, he is forced to hide the dispatch under a sheep while posing as a shepherd. Later, he is captured by the Japanese who force him to act as a guide and scout. Using his wits, he leads the Japanese forces into an ambush, where they are killed and he is rescued. Delivering the important letter, the Communist army is able to use the information"
"Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Of the fifty states, it is the 34th largest by area, the seventh most populous, and the tenth most densely populated. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus. The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word "" ohiːyo""', meaning ""good river"", ""great river"" or ""large creek"". Partitioned from the Northwest Territory, Ohio was the 17th state admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, and the first under the Northwest Ordinance. Ohio is historically"
"America: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Beyond these eleven states, there is some dispute as to which of the following six states should also be included: Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. Of these six ""border"" states, Delaware and Oklahoma probably have the weakest claim to be included in the American South. Though a slave-holding state until the end of the American Civil War, Delaware never seceded, and today is culturally closer to the urban Mid-Atlantic states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Oklahoma was a sparsely populated territory at"
"specified an entry location outside the United States with 50 0 reserved for Hawaii, 50 1 reserved for Panama and Puerto Rico, and 50 2 reserved for Alaska. Within the United States, the geographical codes were: 51: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont 52: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia 53: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee 54: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas 55: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming 56: Arizona, California, Idaho, Georgia, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington"
"Tourism Commission, present-day Oregonians pronounce the state's name as ""or-uh-gun, never or-ee-gone"". After being drafted by the Detroit Lions in 2002, former Oregon Ducks quarterback Joey Harrington distributed ""Orygun"" stickers to members of the media as a reminder of how to pronounce the name of his home state. The stickers are sold by the University of Oregon Bookstore. Oregon is north to south at longest distance, and east to west at longest distance. With an area of , Oregon is slightly larger than the United Kingdom. It is the ninth largest state in the United States. Oregon's highest point is"
"Orleans, Orlando, Palm Springs, Phoenix, and San Diego support a tourist industry all year. The Sun Belt comprises the southern tier of the United States, including the states of Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas, roughly two-thirds of California (up to Greater Sacramento), and parts of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Nevada, and Utah. Five of the states—Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, and Texas—are sometimes collectively called the Sand States because of their abundance of beaches or deserts. First employed by political analyst Kevin Phillips in his 1969 book ""The Emerging Republican Majority"", the term"
"Oklahoma Oklahoma () is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, Texas on the south, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. It is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the fifty United States. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words and , meaning ""red people"". It is also known informally by its nickname, ""The Sooner State"", in reference to the non-Native settlers who staked their claims on land before the official opening date of"
"""o"" versus the normal short o, the same as in many areas of Ohio. African Americans of the Underground Railroad began coming to the state, some settling, others passing through on the way to Canada. Universities and colleges opened up all over the state, creating a more educated culture. By the last half of the 19th century, the state became more diverse culturally with new immigrants from Europe, including Ireland and Germany. The Forty-Eighters from Central Europe settled the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood in Cincinnati, while the Irish immigrants settled throughout the state, including Flytown in Columbus. Other immigrants from Russia, Turkey,"
"2014, Ohio in May 2014, Kentucky in June 2014, New York in July 2014, South Dakota in August 2014, Maryland in August 2014, Michigan in September 2014, New Jersey in November 2014, Florida in November 2014, Idaho in November 2014, Tennessee in November 2014, North Carolina in December 2014, Texas in March 2015, Louisiana in April 2015, Nevada in May 2015, Oregon in June 2015, Minnesota in July 2015, Washington in September 2015, Oklahoma in October 2015, Arkansas in October 2015, Virginia in November 2015, Connecticut in December 2015, South Carolina in January 2016, Pennsylvania in February 2016, Arizona in"
"the US as the 39th state, North Dakota, and 40th state, South Dakota. Montana Territory was admitted to the US as the 41st state, Montana. Washington Territory was admitted to the US as the 42nd state, Washington. The dispute between Manitoba and Ontario ended as Ontario's borders were finalized in accordance with the Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act, 1889, which extended the province west to the Lake of the Woods and north to the Albany River. Oklahoma Territory was organized from the western portion of Indian Territory, and included the Neutral Strip, corresponding to the western half of present-day Oklahoma. Idaho"
"Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, and South Carolina use a 3-letter, 3-number format in the format ABC-123, 123-ABC (sometimes both at the same time), or some variant thereof with mixed numbers and letters. Florida and New Jersey both use four letters and two numbers: Florida uses an ABC-D12 format, while New Jersey uses an A12-BCD format. Florida also uses an optional two-letter, four-number format for its no-cost ""In God We Trust"" plates. License plate numbers are usually assigned in ascending order, beginning with a starting point such as AAA-001."
"Organization of American States The Organization of American States (, , ), or the OAS or OEA, is a continental organization that was founded on 30 April 1948, for the purposes of regional solidarity and cooperation among its member states. Headquartered in the United States capital Washington, D.C., the OAS's members are the 35 independent states of America. As of 26 May 2015, the Secretary General of OAS is Luis Almagro. The notion of an international union in the New World was first put forward by Simón Bolívar who, at the 1826 Congress of Panama (still being part of Colombia),"
"Maryland Boston MA Central MO Kansas City MO Southeastern MI West MI Minnesota Saint Louis MO Big Sky MT Western MT -N- Nebraska New Jersey Southern Nevada New Mexico Charlotte NC North Carolina Western NC Wilmington NC Winston-Salem NC Long Island NY New York NY Northeast NY Rochester NY Western NY -O- Athens OH Central OH Cincinnati OH Northern OH Southwestern OH Oklahoma Eugene OR Portland OR -P- Bethlehem PA Philadelphia PA -R- Rhode Island -T- Austin TX Dallas/Fort Worth TX Houston TX San Antonio TX -V- Vermont Hampton Roads VA -W- Inland Northwest (ID/WA) Seattle WA Madison WI Milwaukee"
"-R- Romania -S- Samoa Senegal Sierra Leone Swaziland -T- Tanzania Thailand Togo Turkey Turkmenistan -U- Uganda Ukraine -Z- Zimbabwe -A- Anchorage AK Fairbanks AK Birmingham AL Phoenix AZ Tucson AZ -B- Boston MA -C- Los Angeles CA Northern CA Orange County CA Sacramento CA San Diego CA Santa Barbara CA Southern CA Inland Ventura County CA Denver CO Connecticut -D- Delaware District of Columbia -F- First Coast FL North FL South FL -G- Atlanta GA -H- Honolulu HI -I- Idaho Chicago IL Northeastern IL Central Indiana Iowa -K- Kansas City Area South KS Kentucky - Statewide KY/IN-Kentuckiana -L- Louisiana -M-"
"the state. For example, Delaware and Rhode Island were formerly able to use six-digit all-numeric serials due to their low respective populations; both now use five-digit serials, with Delaware using a letter and four numbers, and Rhode Island using two letters and three numbers. Several populous states use seven-character formats of three letters and four numbers, including 1ABC234 in California and ABC-1234 (or variations thereof) in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Other seven-digit formats include Connecticut and Illinois, which use AB-12345, and Maryland, which uses 1AB2345. Many less-populous states, such as"
"Miami, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.. Notes: The B and C cities are secondary because they are in the same market area as a city rated A. While those are only abstract examples of the ratings, consider how the system works in practice with the example of Ohio. Rand McNally conceives of Ohio as consisting of nineteen markets (trading areas) with some peripheral counties being contained in trading areas of other states. The table below shows the nineteen trading areas in order of hierarchy. Each has an A-rated city. Some also have other rated cities"
"two nations. It then expanded westwards during the Indian Wars of the 19th Century until it spanned both coasts and consisted of 45 states and 5 territories (Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Hawaii, and Alaska) by the dawning of the 20th century. America then began expanding into the ""Savage South"" and used a combination of ""soft power"" (diplomacy, aid, and economic development) and ""hard power"" (military intervention and naval blockade) to dominate the New World. Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, Honduras, Panama, and Peru first became Territories (like the Philippines, Guam, Samoa, Puerto Rico and Cuba), then became the 50th through 56th"
"Southeastern United States The Southeastern United States (, ) is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, and the southern portion of the Eastern United States. It comprises 12 states in the southern United States. There is no official Census Bureau definition of the southeastern United States. However, the nonprofit American Association of Geographers defines the southeastern United States as Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. The OSBO (American small business support organization) uses the same states, but includes Arkansas and Louisiana. The states of Delaware and Maryland (plus the"
"Colorado (COLO. REV. STAT. § 38-35-127) Connecticut (CONN. GEN. STAT. §47-17A) Delaware (DEL. CODE TIT 25, § 319) Florida (FLA. STAT. § 689.28) Georgia (GA. CODE. ANN. § 44-14-15) Hawaii (HAW. REV. STAT. § 502-112) Idaho (IDAHO CODE ANN. § 55-3101) Illinois (765 ILL. COMP. STAT. § 155) Indiana (IND. CODE § 32-21-14) Iowa (IOWA CODE § 558.48) Kansas (KAN. STAT. ANN. § 58-3821) Kentucky (KY. REV. STAT. ANN. § 382-792) Louisiana (LA. REV. STAT. § 9:3131) Maine (ME. STAT. TIT. § 33-7-163) Maryland (MD. CODE, REAL PROP. § 10-708) Michigan (MICH. COMP. LAWS § 565.881; 565.891) Minnesota (MINN. STAT."
"have 34 senators. Class 1 consists of: States with a class 1 senator: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Class 2 consists of: States with a class 2 senator: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,"
"Ohio lost two electoral votes after the results of the 2010 United States Census, leaving it with 18 electoral votes for the presidential elections in 2012, 2016 and 2020. Ohio's large population has long made the state a major influence in politics. Seven presidents have hailed from Ohio, all Republicans: Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft and Warren G. Harding. Since 1964 the state has been a perfect Bellwether in predicting the outcome of presidential elections. The General Assembly, with the approval of the governor, draws the U.S. congressional district"
"Odisha Odisha (, ; , ) (formerly known as Orissa) is one of the 29 states of India. Located in eastern India, it is surrounded by the states of West Bengal to the north-east, Jharkhand to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west and north-west, and Andhra Pradesh to the south. Odisha has of coastline along the Bay of Bengal on its east, from Balasore to Ganjam. It is the 9th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. It is also the 3rd most populous state of India in terms of tribal population. Odia is the official and"
"Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont 12: Delaware, New Jersey, New York 13: Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C. 14: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee 15: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia 16: Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin 17: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming 18: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas 19: Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington During World War II, the US Army federalized a large number of National Guard personnel to augment the growing Army of the United States. Prior to 1940, there was no procedure"
"4: Aurora, OH Location 5: Peebles, OH Location 6: Louisville, KY (Official site says ""Southern Ohio"" which is actually part of the previous location) Location 7: Nashville, TN Location 8: Memphis, TN Location 9: Ozarks Location 10: Salina, OK Location 11: Wichita, KS Location 12: Amarillo, TX Location 13: Santa Fe, NM Location 14: Sedona, AZ Location 15: Ghana Location 16: Flagstaff, AZ Location 17: Needles, CA Location 18: Las Vegas, NV Location 19: Red Rock, NV Location 20: Mount Charleston, NV Location 21: Lake City Location 22: Sierra Forest Location 23: San Francisco, CA Location 24: San Rafael, CA"
"Maine, Kentucky, Vermont, and West Virginia – have been created from land claimed by another state; all of the others were created from territories or directly from acquisitions. Four states – Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, and Pennsylvania – have expanded significantly by acquiring additional federal territory after their initial admission to the Union. The last state of the contiguous United States, commonly called the ""lower 48,"" was admitted in 1912; the fiftieth and most recent state was admitted in 1959. The Banco Convention of 1905 between the United States and Mexico allowed, in the event of sudden changes in the course"
"York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Washington and Wyoming-eighteen-as well as Puerto Rico, Ontario, the Canal Zone and the United States. The federal laws are quite full in expression, and perhaps served as model for most of the states. If a court regards written matter relating to contraception or means to accomplish this, as ""obscene, vulgar and indecent,"" then laws apply also in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin-twenty-five in number. In some states a"
"§ 513.73) Mississippi (MISS. CODE ANN. § 89-1-69) Missouri (MO. REV. STAT. § 442.558) Montana (MONT. CODE ANN. § 70-17-212) Nebraska (NEB. REV. STAT. § 76-3107) Nevada (NEV. REV. STAT. §111-825) New Jersey (N.J. REV. STAT. § 46:3-28) New York (N.Y. CONS. LAWS § 15-471) North Carolina (N.C. GEN. STAT. § 39A) North Dakota (N.D. CENT. CODE §47-33) Ohio (OHIO REV. CODE § 5301.057) Oklahoma (OKLA. STAT. TIT § 60-350) Oregon (OR. REV. STAT. § 93.269) Pennsylvania (68 PA. CONS. STAT. §8102) Rhode Island (R.I. GEN. LAWS §34-11-42) South Carolina (S.C. CODE ANN. §27-1-70) South Dakota (S.D. CODIFIED LAWS §"
"is and . Oklahoma is the 20th-largest state in the United States, covering an area of , with of land and of water. It lies partly in the Great Plains near the geographical center of the 48 contiguous states. It is bounded on the east by Arkansas and Missouri, on the north by Kansas, on the northwest by Colorado, on the far west by New Mexico, and on the south and near-west by Texas. Much of its border with Texas lies along the Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen, a failed continental rift. The geologic figure defines the placement of the Red River."
"all-Indian state named ""Sequoyah"" failed but the Sequoyah Statehood Convention of 1905 eventually laid the groundwork for the Oklahoma Statehood Convention, which took place two years later. On November 16, 1907, Oklahoma was established as the 46th state in the Union. The new state became a focal point for the emerging oil industry, as discoveries of oil pools prompted towns to grow rapidly in population and wealth. Tulsa eventually became known as the ""Oil Capital of the World"" for most of the 20th century and oil investments fueled much of the state's early economy. In 1927, Oklahoman businessman Cyrus Avery,"
"Constitution of Ohio The Ohio Constitution is the basic governing document of the State of Ohio, which in 1803 became the 17th state to join the United States of America. Ohio has had three constitutions since statehood was granted. Ohio was created from the easternmost portion of the Northwest Territory. In 1787, the Congress of the Confederation of the United States passed the Northwest Ordinance, establishing a territorial government and providing that ""[t]here shall be formed in the said territory, not less than three nor more than five states."" The Ordinance prohibited slavery and provided for freedom of worship, the"
"United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1855, Butler County was established within the Kansas Territory, which included the land for modern day Whitewater. The city originally formed several miles to the east. A post office was established as White Water (as two words) on August 7, 1871. The post office was renamed to Ovo on July 7, 1882. In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a branch line north-south"
"known as the ""Buckeye State"" after its Ohio buckeye trees, and Ohioans are also known as ""Buckeyes"". The government of Ohio is composed of the executive branch, led by the Governor; the legislative branch, which comprises the bicameral Ohio General Assembly; and the judicial branch, led by the state Supreme Court. Ohio occupies 16 seats in the United States House of Representatives. Ohio is known for its status as both a swing state and a bellwether in national elections. Six Presidents of the United States have been elected who had Ohio as their home state. Ohio's geographic location has proven"
"into force when ratified by fifteen countries. There are many countries in Africa accused of human rights violations by the international community and NGOs. The Organization of American States (OAS) is an international organization headquartered in Washington, DC. Its members are the thirty-five independent nation-states of the Americas. Over the course of the 1990s, with the end of the Cold War, the return to democracy in Latin America, and the thrust toward globalisation, the OAS made major efforts to reinvent itself to fit the new context. Its stated priorities now include the following: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)"