In 2002, she became President of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, making her the first African American woman to be president of a State Medical Society in the United States.

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"I think my understanding of the United States as a society, as a culture, as a government, as an interest -- the national interest of America, as well as my understanding of the Arab world and the Muslim world -- I think I can be a bridge that will help, " said Fadel Lamen, a seasoned professional who specializes in Middle East affairs.

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"We have animals trickling in very slowly, " said Rowdy Shaw, a senior field responder on the Humane Society of the United States' animal rescue team.

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If certain states choose to have fewer firearms regulations, those choices should not be allowed to interfere with the policy decisions of those states that decide that a safer society requires more firearms regulations and fewer guns on the streets.

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"It's a dire situation, " said Melissa Seide Rubin of the Humane Society of the United States.

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To what extent the state, to what extent the individual student, to what extent the alumni of the universities, as happens in the States, to what extent the society as a whole?

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Olson's groping for a case to establish federal jurisdiction over the Florida election was a bit rich, since he is a leading member of the Federalist Society, the conservative group that is highly protective of the rights reserved to the states by the Constitution.

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The United States used to be very much an agrarian society, yet Saylor writes that agriculture workers as a percentage of the U.S. labor force today are less than 1%.

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