Eastern United States

André the Giant Has a Posse is a street art campaign based on an original design by Frank Shepard Fairey and Michael Meinhart, created in 1989 while Fairey was a student at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). At the time Fairey declared the campaign to be "an experiment in phenomenology." Over time the artwork has been reused in a number of ways and has become a world-wide pataphysical movement, following in the footsteps of Ivan Stang's Church of the SubGenius and populist WWII icon Kilroy Was Here. At the same time, Fairey's ...

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• André the Giant Has a Posse - History
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• André the Giant Has a Posse - Splinter movements
• André the Giant Has a Posse - Parody stickers
• André the Giant Has a Posse - Appearances in American pop culture

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Appalachia is a mostly rural, partly urbanized, and partly industrialized region in and around the Appalachian Mountains in the Eastern United States. Over twenty million people live in Appalachia, a heavily forested area, roughly the size of the United Kingdom, covering largely mountainous, often isolated areas from the border of Alabama and Georgia in the south to Pennsylvania and New York in the north. Between lay large areas of South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Ohio.< ...

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• Appalachia - Appalachian Regional Commission
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Time of rejoicing with the end of judgment after Yom Kippur. Simchat Torah (Rejoicing of/with the Torah), Shalosh Regalim (Jewish pilgrimages) Sukkot (סוכות or סֻכּוֹת sukkōt, booths) or Succoth or Sukkos is a Biblical pilgrimage festival which occurs in autumn on the 15th day of the month of Tishri (mid- to late-October). The holiday is also known as the Feast of Booths, the Feast of Tabernacles, Tabernacles, or the Feast of Ingathering. In Judaism it i ...

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• Sukkot - Sukkot laws and customs
• Sukkot - The sukkah
• Sukkot - Ushpizzin
• Sukkot - The Four Species
• Sukkot - Chol HaMo'ed
• Sukkot - Simchat Beit HaShoeivah
• Sukkot - Hoshanah Rabbah
• Sukkot - Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
• Sukkot - The holiday in the Bible
• Sukkot - Sukkot as a place name
• Sukkot - Reference

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The Central United States is a bridge region between the Eastern United States and Western United States. It is often presented as part of an alternative three region model to the East/West two region model. The region always includes Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas. Alternately it can include some or all of: Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, Tennessee, Wis ...

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The strategy of Risk is to have the largest number of armies in the place where they will do the most good. One of the easiest ways to gain armies is to hold continents. If you hold an entire continent for an entire turn, you receive a number of extra armies, which is dependent upon the continent (see the table to the right). A common strategy is to secure Australia or South America early in the game and sit back and build up armies, letting the other players kill each other off. Then, when the others are at the weakest, strike. If mo ...

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Risk game, Risk game - Overview and most common rules, Risk game - Rules and differences, Risk game - Strategy for standard rules, Risk game - Politics and alliances, Risk game - Dice Odds, Risk game - List of Territories, Risk game - Alternate versions

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With a death toll of 57, Hurricane Floyd was the deadliest United States hurricane since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. Most of the deaths were due to drowning from freshwater flooding. The extensive precipitation caused extensive damage, amounting to $4.5 billion (1999 USD). Hurricane Floyd - Bahamas. Hurricane Floyd lashed the Bahamas with winds of 155 mph (250 km/h) and waves up to 50 feet (15 m) in height. [5] A 20 foot (6 m) ...

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Hurricane Floyd, Hurricane Floyd - Storm history, Hurricane Floyd - Preparations, Hurricane Floyd - Impact, Hurricane Floyd - Bahamas, Hurricane Floyd - Southeastern United States, Hurricane Floyd - North Carolina, Hurricane Floyd - Virginia, Hurricane Floyd - Mid-Atlantic, Hurricane Floyd - New England and Canada, Hurricane Floyd - Aftermath, Hurricane Floyd - FEMA criticism, Hurricane Floyd - Ecological effects, Hurricane Floyd - Parental stress and child abuse, Hurricane Floyd - Retirement, Hurricane Floyd - Trivia, Hurricane Floyd - Notes

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Prior to the 20th century the people of Appalachia were geographically isolated from the rest of the country. As a result, they preserved the culture of their ancestors (most of them English, Scottish, and Ulstermen) who settled the region in the 18th century, a culture of a strong oral tradition (including music and song), self-sufficiency, and strong religious faith. Coal deposits in the region were tapped in the latter half of the 19th century and drew a new wave of immigrants, from Ireland and Central Europe. With this industri ...

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Appalachia, Appalachia - Culture, Appalachia - Appalachian Regional Commission, Appalachia - Popular portrayals

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McKinley was shot by an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, on September 6, 1901, and died September 14, vaulting Roosevelt into the presidency. Roosevelt took the oath of office on September 14 in the Ansley Wilcox House at Buffalo, New York. One of his first notable acts as President was to deliver a 20,000-word address to the House of Representatives on December 3, 1901 [1], asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits." For this and subseq ...

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Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt - Childhood and education, Theodore Roosevelt - Life in the Badlands, Theodore Roosevelt - Return to public life, Theodore Roosevelt - Vice Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Progressivism, Theodore Roosevelt - Conservation, Theodore Roosevelt - Race, Theodore Roosevelt - Foreign policy, Theodore Roosevelt - Cabinet, Theodore Roosevelt - Supreme Court appointments, Theodore Roosevelt - Growing Split inside Republican Party, Theodore Roosevelt - Progressive Party Candidate in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt - Roosevelt and the First World War, Theodore Roosevelt - Post-Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Personal life, Theodore Roosevelt - Legacy, Theodore Roosevelt - Quotes, Theodore Roosevelt - In popular culture, Theodore Roosevelt - Presidential firsts, Theodore Roosevelt - Media, Theodore Roosevelt - Scholarly Secondary Sources, Theodore Roosevelt - Primary Sources

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Late in 1911, Roosevelt finally broke with Taft and LaFollette and announced himself as a candidate for the Republican nomination. Most of LaFollette's supporters went over to Roosevelt, leaving the Wisconsin Senator embittered. Roosevelt, stepping up his attack on judges, carried 9 of the states with preferential primaries, LaFollette took two, and Taft only one. Most professional Republican politicians were supporting Taft, and they proved difficult to upset in non-primary states. In a decisive move, Taft's people purchased support of the ...

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Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt - Childhood and education, Theodore Roosevelt - Life in the Badlands, Theodore Roosevelt - Return to public life, Theodore Roosevelt - Vice Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Growing split inside Republican Party, Theodore Roosevelt - Progressive Party candidate in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt - Roosevelt and the First World War, Theodore Roosevelt - Post-Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Personal life, Theodore Roosevelt - Legacy, Theodore Roosevelt - Quotes, Theodore Roosevelt - In popular culture, Theodore Roosevelt - Presidential firsts, Theodore Roosevelt - Media

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Sukkot - The sukkah. The central symbol of Sukkot is the sukkah, a temporary dwelling place. According to the Torah, men and boys over the age of bar mitzvah are required by the Torah to lesheiv (לישב, meaning to "sit" or "dwell") in a sukkah during the entire 7-day holiday. (Women and girls are exempt from this mitzvah, although if they would like to eat or sleep in a sukkah, they are certainly allowed to. They will also pronounce the special blessing before eating bread or ...

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Sukkot, Sukkot - Sukkot laws and customs, Sukkot - The sukkah, Sukkot - Ushpizzin, Sukkot - The Four Species, Sukkot - Chol HaMo'ed, Sukkot - Simchat Beit HaShoeivah, Sukkot - Hoshanah Rabbah, Sukkot - Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, Sukkot - The holiday in the Bible, Sukkot - Sukkot as a place name, Sukkot - Reference

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As the Woodland period progressed, local and interregional trade of exotic materials greatly increased to the point where a trade network covered most of the Eastern United States. Throughout the Southeast and north of the Ohio River, burial mounds of important persons were very elaborate and contained a variety of mortuary gifts, many of which were not local to the area. Because of the similarity of earthworks and burial goods, researchers assumed a common culture called the Hopewell c ...

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Woodland period in southeastern North America, Woodland period in southeastern North America - Early Woodland Period 1000 to 300 BCE, Woodland period in southeastern North America - Middle Woodland Period 300 BCE to 500 CE, Woodland period in southeastern North America - Late Woodland Period 500 to 1000 CE

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The Natchez Nation was a powerful Native American people in the early days of European colonisation. Located in about nine separate towns along St. Catherine's Creek (east and south of modern Natchez, Mississippi), they had a highly stratified and theocratic government led by a male leader referred to as 'The Great Sun'. The royal bloodline was matrilineal, meaning 'The Great Sun' achieved his office through kinship to a woman; a man did not pass his titles to his son, but rather they were i ...

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Natchez people, Natchez people - History, Natchez people - Language

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List of disasters - Air disasters. See also: List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by year This is a list of disasters involving objects in flight or near-flight. From 1990 onward, the list is exhaustive, including all air disasters killing 20 or more people. See also: List of space disasters, Accidents and incidents in aviation ...

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List of disasters, List of disasters - Natural disasters, List of disasters - Prehistoric disasters, List of disasters - Classical antiquity disasters, List of disasters - Medieval disasters, List of disasters - Renaissance and Enlightenment disasters, List of disasters - 19th century disasters, List of disasters - 20th century disasters, List of disasters - 21st century disasters, List of disasters - Transportation disasters, List of disasters - Air disasters, List of disasters - Rail disasters, List of disasters - Ship and ferry disasters, List of disasters - Road disasters, List of disasters - Other man-made disasters, List of disasters - Nuclear disasters, List of disasters - War disasters, List of disasters - Dam/dike/levee disasters, List of disasters - Environmental disasters, List of disasters - Mining disasters, List of disasters - Industrial disasters, List of disasters - Explosion disasters, List of disasters - Fire disasters, List of disasters - Miscellaneous, List of disasters - Causes of hypothetical future disasters

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Transcontinental railroad - Canada. Canada's transcontinental railway connection opened in 1885 when the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) completed a line to the Pacific coast. CPR became the first transcontinental railway company in North America in 1889 after its International Railway of Maine opened, connecting CPR to the Atlantic coast. Two other transcontinental lines were built in Canada: the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) opened another line to the Pacific in 1912, and the combined Grand Tru ...

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Transcontinental railroad, Transcontinental railroad - Americas, Transcontinental railroad - Canada, Transcontinental railroad - Panama then part of Colombia, Transcontinental railroad - United States, Transcontinental railroad - South America, Transcontinental railroad - Asia, Transcontinental railroad - Australia, Transcontinental railroad - Africa, Transcontinental railroad - East-West, Transcontinental railroad - North-South

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Transcontinental railroad - Panama then part of Colombia. The first transcontinental railroad was the Panama Railway, completed in 1855. Built near the narrowest point on the continent, the Isthmus of Panama, the railroad was only 48 miles long. Transcontinental railroad - United States. In the United States, the area of the Mississippi River has always been a transfer point between systems in the East and West. No company has controlled a route all the way from on ...

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Transcontinental railroad, Transcontinental railroad - Americas, Transcontinental railroad - Panama then part of Colombia, Transcontinental railroad - United States, Transcontinental railroad - Canada, Transcontinental railroad - South America, Transcontinental railroad - Asia, Transcontinental railroad - Australia, Transcontinental railroad - Africa, Transcontinental railroad - East-West, Transcontinental railroad - North-South

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Fairey and campaign co-creators Blais Blouin, Alfred Hawkins, and Mongo Nikol created paper and vinyl stickers with an image of the wrestler André the Giant and the text "ANDRE THE GIANT HAS A POSSE 7' 4", 520lb", as an in-joke directed at hip hop and skater subculture, and then began clandestinely (and somewhat fanatically) propagating and posting them in Providence, Rhode Island and the Eastern United States. By the early 1990s, tens of thousands of paper and then vinyl stickers were photocopied and hand-silkscreened and put in vis ...

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André the Giant Has a Posse, André the Giant Has a Posse - History, André the Giant Has a Posse - Meaning, André the Giant Has a Posse - Splinter movements, André the Giant Has a Posse - Parody stickers, André the Giant Has a Posse - Appearances in American pop culture

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In the 1888 presidential election, Roosevelt campaigned for Benjamin Harrison in the Midwest. President Harrison appointed Roosevelt to the United States Civil Service Commission where he served until 1895. In his term, he vigorously fought the spoilsmen and demanded the enforcement of civil service laws. In spite of Roosevelt's support for Harrison's reelection bid in the presidential election of 1892, the eventual winner, Grov ...

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Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt - Childhood and education, Theodore Roosevelt - Life in the Badlands, Theodore Roosevelt - Return to public life, Theodore Roosevelt - Vice Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Growing split inside Republican Party, Theodore Roosevelt - Progressive Party candidate in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt - Roosevelt and the First World War, Theodore Roosevelt - Post-Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Personal life, Theodore Roosevelt - Legacy, Theodore Roosevelt - Quotes, Theodore Roosevelt - In popular culture, Theodore Roosevelt - Presidential firsts, Theodore Roosevelt - Media

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Roosevelt was an activist during his years in the Assembly, writing more bills than any other New York state legislator. Already a major player in state politics, in 1884, he attended the Republican National Convention and fought alongside the Mugwump reformers who opposed the Stalwarts; they lost to the conservative faction that nominated James G. Blaine. Refusing to join other Mugwumps in supporting Grover Cleveland, the Democratic nominee, he stayed loyal to the party and supported Blaine. During this Convention Roosevelt also received at ...

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Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt - Childhood and education, Theodore Roosevelt - Life in the Badlands, Theodore Roosevelt - Return to public life, Theodore Roosevelt - Vice Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Growing split inside Republican Party, Theodore Roosevelt - Progressive Party candidate in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt - Roosevelt and the First World War, Theodore Roosevelt - Post-Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Personal life, Theodore Roosevelt - Legacy, Theodore Roosevelt - Quotes, Theodore Roosevelt - In popular culture, Theodore Roosevelt - Presidential firsts, Theodore Roosevelt - Media

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Hurricane Floyd - FEMA criticism. The Hurricane Floyd disaster was followed by what was judged by many to be a very slow Federal response. Fully three weeks after the storm hit Jesse Jackson complained to FEMA Director James Lee Witt on his CNN program Both Sides Now, "It seemed there was preparation for Hurricane Floyd, but then came Flood Floyd. Bridges are overwhelmed, levees are overwhelmed, whole towns under water...[it's] an awesome scene of tragedy. So there's a great misery index in North Carolina." Witt ...

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Hurricane Floyd, Hurricane Floyd - Storm history, Hurricane Floyd - Preparations, Hurricane Floyd - Impact, Hurricane Floyd - Bahamas, Hurricane Floyd - Southeastern United States, Hurricane Floyd - North Carolina, Hurricane Floyd - Virginia, Hurricane Floyd - Mid-Atlantic, Hurricane Floyd - New England and Canada, Hurricane Floyd - Aftermath, Hurricane Floyd - FEMA criticism, Hurricane Floyd - Ecological effects, Hurricane Floyd - Parental stress and child abuse, Hurricane Floyd - Retirement, Hurricane Floyd - Trivia, Hurricane Floyd - Notes

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Roosevelt was born at 28 East 20th Street in the modern-day Gramercy section of New York City on October 27, 1858, as the second of four children of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831–78) and Martha Bulloch (1834–84). Theodore was younger than his sister Anna but older than his brother Elliott and his sister Corinne. His father was a New York City philanthropist, merchant, and partner in the glass-importing firm Roosevelt and Son. Martha Bulloch was a Southern belle from Georgia and had Confederate sympathies. On his mother's side, Theodore's uncle — Cptn. Jame ...

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Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt - Childhood and education, Theodore Roosevelt - Life in the Badlands, Theodore Roosevelt - Return to public life, Theodore Roosevelt - Vice Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Growing split inside Republican Party, Theodore Roosevelt - Progressive Party candidate in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt - Roosevelt and the First World War, Theodore Roosevelt - Post-Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Personal life, Theodore Roosevelt - Legacy, Theodore Roosevelt - Quotes, Theodore Roosevelt - In popular culture, Theodore Roosevelt - Presidential firsts, Theodore Roosevelt - Media

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