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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Hale |
Nathan Hale |
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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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Bailey |
Nathan Bailey |
Nathaniel Bailey |
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United States mathematician and astronomer noted for his works on navigation (1773-1838)
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Bowditch |
Nathaniel Bowditch |
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United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
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Currier |
Nathaniel Currier |
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United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864)
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Hawthorne |
Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
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Carry Amelia Moore Nation |
Carry Nation |
Nation |
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a group of militant Black Americans who profess Islamic religious beliefs and advocate independence for Black Americans
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Nation of Islam |
an honorary American society of scientists created by President Lincoln during the American Civil War
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National Academy of Sciences |
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an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight
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NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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the independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections
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NARA |
National Archives and Records Administration |
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a United States association of real estate agents which follows a strict code of ethics
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National Association of Realtors |
a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
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NASDAQ |
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations |
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a Hall of Fame and museum in Cooperstown, New York, honoring great baseball players
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National Baseball Hall of Fame |
the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data
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NCDC |
National Climatic Data Center |
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a combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security
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NGA |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
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United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either
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National Guard |
home reserve |
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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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NGB |
National Guard Bureau |
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the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice
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NIJ |
National Institute of Justice |
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an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs
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NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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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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NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
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a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence
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IC |
Intelligence Community |
National Intelligence Community |
United States Intelligence Community |
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Central Intelligence Agency, CIA
Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI
Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR
Office of Intelligence Support, OIS
Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI
Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, MCIA
Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Air Force ISR, AFISR
Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA
National Reconnaissance Office, NRO
National Security Agency, NSA
Army Intelligence, AI
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA
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an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions
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NLRB |
National Labor Relations Board |
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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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CNPZ |
ELN |
National Liberation Army |
Nestor Paz Zamora Commission |
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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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ELN |
National Liberation Army |
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"ELN kidnappers target foreign employees of large corporations"
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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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FLNC |
National Liberation Front of Corsica |
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the world's largest medical library
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National Library of Medicine |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
United States National Library of Medicine |
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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NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks
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National Park Service |
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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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NRO |
National Reconnaissance Office |
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a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
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NRA |
National Rifle Association |