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  • 1Panama Canal —    An interoceanic waterway across the Panamanian isthmus initially envisaged by Spanish conquerors in the sixteenth century. Between the sixteenth and the twentieth centuries there was an isthmian road that suddenly became vitally important in… …

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  • 2Timeline of events in the Cold War — Part of a series on the History of the Cold War Origins of the Cold War World War II …

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  • 3Clayton-Bulwer Treaty — The Clayton Bulwer Treaty was a treaty between the United States and Great Britain, negotiated in 1850 by John M. Clayton and Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer (Lord Dalling), in consequence of the situation created by the project of an interoceanic canal… …

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  • 4Clayton–Bulwer Treaty — The Clayton–Bulwer Treaty was a treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom, negotiated in 1850 by John M. Clayton and Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, later Lord Dalling. It was negotiated in response to attempts to build the Nicaragua Canal …

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  • 5USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) — The first USS Salt Lake City (CL/CA 25) of the United States Navy was a Pensacola class heavy cruiser sometimes known as Swayback Maru . She had the (unofficial) distinction of having taken part in more engagements than any other ship in the… …

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  • 6Seabees in World War II — The history of the United States Navy Seabees in World War II begins with the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. After the attack and the United States entry into the war, the use of civilian labor in war zones became impractical. The Navy… …

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  • 7international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 8USS Abbot (DD-629) — was a Fletcher class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named after Commodore Joel Abbot (1793–1855). Abbot was laid down on 21 September 1942 at Bath, Maine by the Bath Iron Works, launched on 17… …

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  • 9USS Healy (DD-672) — was a Fletcher class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Commander Howard R. Healy (1899 ndash;1942) who had distinguished himself on board Lexington (CV 2) during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Healy was launched by Federal Shipbuilding …

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  • 10USS Tennessee (BB-43) — USS Tennessee (BB 43), the lead ship of her class of battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 16th state. [ [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh usn/usnsh t/bb43.htm USS Tennessee (BB 43), 1920 1959 ,… …

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