At 12:15 BST on Monday the lead balloon in the race is the American USA-2 - which has travelled 1298.93km (807m).
That means the Mountain West, Sun Belt, Conference USA, the Mid-American and Western Athletic conferences must rank in the top 12 of the BCS poll to get the automatic bid.
It was the presence of a large quantity of toxic propellants on the returning spy satellite USA-193 that the American government used to justify its decision to shoot down the spacecraft with a missile in 2008.
From October 1998 until September 1999, Mr. Jackson served as Chief Executive Officer of Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, a North American operating unit of DaimlerChrysler AG, a multinational automotive manufacturing company.
It also benefitted from a forceful intervention by Major General John Thompson (USA), the current Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board.
It sent out letters to 4.4 million borrowers, ran ads in 1, 400 publications including Parade, People magazine, and USA Weekend, as well as Hispanic and African-American publications, and racked up an estimated 341 million impressions.
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Some groups pushing the restrictionist agenda -- such as NUMBERS USA, the Federation for American Immigration Reform and the Center for Immigration Studies, all of them started with the help of nativist John Tanton -- want to limit legal immigration as well.
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Mercedes-Benz USA has a testimonial video from a Google executive who was one of the first American customers to avoid a real-life collision because his car stopped without him even noticing the car ahead.
Most recently, the Latin American section of the BBC joined efforts with their English counterparts in the World Service to produce a landmark series on US-Latin American relations: Living Beneath the USA which Javier presented, and was broadcast to BBC audiences in English and Spanish.
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Neuharth changed the look of American newspapers by filling USA Today with breezy, easy-to-comprehend articles, attention-grabbing graphics and stories that often didn't require readers to jump to a different page.
Mr. Neuharth changed the look of American newspapers by filling USA Today with breezy, easy-to-comprehend articles, attention-grabbing graphics and stories that often didn't require readers to jump to a different page.
The study, sponsored by USA Swimming, found that a fear of drowning and a fear of injury prevent many African-American parents from putting their children in swimming lessons.
But out-going coach Afshin Ghotbi, an American citizen and Iranian exile who once scouted for Team USA against Iran at the 1998 World Cup, will hope that national pride will be restored with victory over their bitter rivals.
He is one of the main characters in the professional wrestling league Lucha Libre USA, which aims to spread into the American market one of the most popular forms of entertainment in Mexico - freestyle wrestling.
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Only two weeks ago an American magazine published allegations from Phil Mickleson that the Europeans had deliberately decided to slow-play the USA team in order to upset their rhythm.
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