That might not be so strange if the emblem of the club wasn't a golf flag in a map of the U.S., or if Payne didn't claim the club's mission was "to be a beacon in the world of golf, " or if it wasn't anathema to speak about the place with anything but reverence.
Dinner with Haile Selassie in 1965, for instance, saw the royal decked out in bright green, one of the colors of the Ethiopian flag, while a trip to the U.S. in 1983 called for a dress embroidered with Californian poppies.
Those strategic realities were described authoritatively in a study published in Commentary magazine in 1994 prepared by the Center for Security Policy by eleven distinguished American security policy practitioners, five of them retired four-star flag officers -- including three former members of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps Commandant Gen.
The U.S. Coast Guard makes at least one annual safety inspection of ships operating in U.S. waters, regardless of the flag a ship flies, said a coast guard spokesman.
In 1867, the U.S. flag flew for the first time at Sitka following the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag as a form of political protest is protected by the First Amendment.
Flag officials note that the company has completed construction of several U.S. resorts on time and on budget.
Sloat of the U.S. Navy raised the American flag in Monterey, proclaiming U.S. citizenship for California.
During his visit, a massive U.S. flag is draped over the side of the damaged building.
On its Facebook page, the weather service posted a video of the wind and snow whipping a U.S. flag outside its Amarillo office.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has come under increasing pressure to address inflationary concerns, as food and energy costs have gone up steadily in the U.S. (Read Firms Wave Red Flag Of Inflation).
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Bank of America's U.S. flag-themed logo is apropos, for the company is the lone nationwide bank: It is in 31 states and the District of Columbia, encompassing three-quarters of the population.
So we're totally not surprised to see that the MPAA has moved quickly to draft up some legislation to shop around to Congress to help them implement the Broadcast Flag that was struck down last week by a U.S. Court of Appeals.
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Kennedy, former U.S. Army deputy chief of staff for intelligence, is the first and only woman to have received this flag rank in the U.S. Army.
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