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IntroductionWhile the United States has many beautiful areas, the Oregon Coast displays a majesty that captures your spirit. There is such poiver in the coast's beauty, the crashing rhythm of its waves, the immensity of towering Douglas fir or Sitka spruce that line its terrain, and its craggy...

Washington, D.C.My hometown Washington, the District of Columbia, the nation's capital, is one of the most fascinating and most beautiful big cities in the world. And that's not hometown bias. That's fact.For a moment, try to forget the stunning Blue and Red and Green Rooms of the White House, the...

The Maryland MixThe point of land is one of many that jut into the broad Potomac River from St.Mary's, Maryland's mother country.It is a thickly wooded point, its leafy green mass bordered by a narrow beach of glistening white sand. Only a few gnarled abstractions of sun-bleached driftwood bristle...

Introduction The Spacious Land We Americans love to do a little occasional self-puffery, preening ourselves on what we have done as a country and expect to do in the future. A sense of optimism pervades our national consciousness and penetrates the manifold activities that we engage in on a...

IntroductionA northern Californian of long standing will sometimes make a conversational reference to "the City". The term will be couched in a deferential, respectful tone. A non-Californian hearing this may wonder if the speaker means Sacramento, Oakland, Berkeley, Palo Alto, or some other...

introduction There have been two Chicago's. The first arose from the muddy landscape near where the Chicago River joins Laké Michigan. The second came from the ashes of the Great Fire, which destroyed most of the city center in 1871. In a bold display of the Chicagoan ' 'I Will'' spirit, the...

IntroductionThe United States is a very large, powerful, and awesome national entity. Some of its states have annual budgets bigger than those of many nations. The national stimulus for growth, expansion, and development has been created out of the determination and drive that was first displayed...