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Texas has a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Covering 268,596 square miles (695,660 km 2), it had over 31 million residents as of 2024, [5] and it is the second-largest state by both area and population. Texas is nicknamed the Lone Star State for its former status as an independent republic, the Republic of Texas. [10]
Debategate – An election briefing book for President Jimmy Carter was stolen and given to opponent Ronald Reagan before the presidential election of 1980. [259] see 1980 October Surprise theory see Iran hostage crisis
The site was comparable to Hot or Not and used photos from online face books, asking users to choose the 'hotter' person". [16] Zuckerberg was reported and faced expulsion, but the charges were dropped. [16] A "face book" is a student directory featuring photos and personal information. In January 2004, Zuckerberg coded a new site known as ...
The U.S. economy is heavily dependent on road transport for moving people and goods. Personal transportation is dominated by automobiles, which operate on a network of four million miles (6.4 million km) of public roads, [340] including one of the world's longest highway systems at 57,000 miles (91,700 km). [341]
A fossil species from the Miocene of Spain, named "In memory of Carl Edward Sagan (1934–1996), creator of the award-winning television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, for his popularization of science that stimulated generations of school children and university students." [174] Cowanomyia hillaryi Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2009: Fly: Edmund Hillary
Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect on January 1, 1994, relations between Canada, Mexico and the United States have significantly strengthened politically, economically, socially and culturally. [219] During the Fox administration, a further integration towards Mexico's northern neighbors was a top priority. [9]
Argentina, [C] officially the Argentine Republic, [A] [D] is a country in the southern half of South America.It covers an area of 2,780,085 km 2 (1,073,397 sq mi), [B] making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world.