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(Encyclopedia) United States Supreme Court: see Supreme Court, United States. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tariff Commission, United States: see International Trade Commission, United States. ...

(Encyclopedia) Secret Service, United States, a law enforcement division (since 2003) of the Dept. of Homeland Security. It was established in 1865 in the the Dept. of the Treasury to investigate and prevent counter...

(Encyclopedia) United States Coast Guard Academy, at New London, Conn.; for training young men and women to be officers of the U.S. Coast Guard; established 1876, opened 1877 as United States Revenue Cutter Service ...

(Encyclopedia) United States Government Printing Office and United States Government Publishing Office: see Government Publishing Office, United States. ...

(Encyclopedia) Salinas, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising in the Santa Lucia Mts., S Calif., and flowing (partly underground) past King City, Paso Robles, and Salinas, NW to Monterey Bay. The irrigated valley is...

(Encyclopedia) United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Md.; for training young men and women to be officers of the U.S. navy or marine corps. George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy, founded and opened (1845) it a...

(Encyclopedia) United States Government Printing Office: see Government Publishing Office, United States. ...

(Encyclopedia) United States Government Publishing Office: see Government Publishing Office, United States. ...

(Encyclopedia) Government Printing Office, United States: see Government Publishing Office, United States. ...