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countryside

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an organized geopolitical unit

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a particular area used for or associated with a specific individual or activity

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a rural area

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of or relating to the countryside

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The passions, the sources from which these must spring in all their modifications, are generally the same in all ranks and conditions, all countries and ages; and it follows, as a matter of course, that the opinions, habits of thinking, and actions, however influenced by the peculiar state of society, must still, upon the whole, bear a strong resemblance to each other.
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Thus King Louis lost Lombardy by not having followed any of the conditions observed by those who have taken possession of countries and wished to retain them.
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So she does; she rules the Emerald City and all the four countries of Oz; but each country has another little ruler, not so big as Ozma.
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Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States a few years prior to this time, made the following public declaration: "A more liberal and extensive reciprocity in the purchase and sale of commodities is necessary, so that the overproduction of the United States can be satisfactorily disposed of to foreign countries.
Sell them to countries with undeveloped resources," Mr.
The United States and Brazil must both seek out other countries with undeveloped resources, in order to unload the surpluses on them.
We extended this process to all the countries on the planet, till every country was producing every year, and every day, an unconsumed surplus, which it could dispose of to no other country.
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The greater number of the inhabitants had an indistinct idea that England, London, and North America, were different names for the same place; but the better informed well knew that London and North America were separate countries close together, and that England was a large town in London
So many works have been written about these countries, that it is almost superfluous to describe either the lazo or the bolas.
Extremely level countries, such as the Pampas, seldom appear favourable to the growth of trees.
Hence perhaps it is, that there are many plants in common to the two countries but with respect to the trees of Tierra del Fuego, even attempts made to transplant them have failed.
This deer is exceedingly abundant, often in small herds, throughout the countries bordering the Plata and in Northern Patagonia.
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It is none of my business, nor any part of my design; but to give an account of my own adventures through a life of inimitable wanderings, and a long variety of changes, which, perhaps, few that come after me will have heard the like of: I shall, therefore, say very little of all the mighty places, desert countries, and numerous people I have yet to pass through, more than relates to my own story, and which my concern among them will make necessary.
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Information Returns, a statement that sets forth the total income received from sources within foreign countries and U.
Prop. regs. reduce RIC reporting burden for foreign-source income and foreign taxes paid
Today, about 100 countries have abided by the Bush Administration's wishes, but more than fifty countries have publicly refused, including two dozen that have lost aid in the process.
Blanket immunity: Bush twists arms to evade court
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