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California Split – New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/10/opinion/10alperovitz.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5087%0A&em&en=58c99d803c63a3b3&ex=1171342800 Shelby Foote claimed that the bloodbath of the American Civil War caused a linguistic shift that reflected the unity of the country. From “the United States are”, it became “the United States is“. But after a century and a half of continental exploration and settlement, unsolved racial questions, and the practicality of administering a […]

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