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more info Nathan Hale, n.
a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
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more info Nathaniel Bailey, n.
English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742)
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more info Nathaniel Bowditch, n.
United States mathematician and astronomer noted for his works on navigation (1773-1838)
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more info Nathaniel Currier, n.
United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
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more info Nathaniel Hawthorne, n.
United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864)
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more info Naticidae, n.
moonshells
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more info Nation, n.
United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
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more info Nation of Islam, n.
a group of militant Black Americans who profess Islamic religious beliefs and advocate independence for Black Americans
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more info National Academy of Sciences, n.
an honorary American society of scientists created by President Lincoln during the American Civil War
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more info National Aeronautics and Space Administration, n.
an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight
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more info National Archives and Records Administration, n.
the independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections
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more info National Association of Realtors, n.
a United States association of real estate agents which follows a strict code of ethics
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more info National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, n.
a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
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more info National Baseball Hall of Fame, n.
a Hall of Fame and museum in Cooperstown, New York, honoring great baseball players
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more info National Climatic Data Center, n.
the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data
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more info National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, n.
more info National Guard, n.
United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either
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more info National Guard Bureau, n.
the agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and the Air Force and various National Guard units
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more info National Institute of Justice, n.
the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice
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more info National Institute of Standards and Technology, n.
an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs
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more info National Institutes of Health, n.
an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
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more info National Intelligence Community, n.
more info National Labor Relations Board, n.
an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions
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more info National Liberation Army, n.
a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups; a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s
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a Marxist terrorist group formed in 1963 by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution; responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade
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more info National Liberation Front of Corsica, n.
a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism
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more info National Library of Medicine, n.
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more info National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, n.
an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather
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more info National Park Service, n.
an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks
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more info National Reconnaissance Office, n.
an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations
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more info National Rifle Association, n.
a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
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