Maine
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a state in the northeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 square miles (86,027 square kilometers). Augusta. ME (for use with zip code), Me.
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a historical region and former province in northwestern France.
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(italics) a U.S. battleship blown up in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, on February 15, 1898, an incident that stimulated popular support in the United States for the Spanish-American War.
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When a convention of Spiritualists was held in Cleveland in February 1852, hundreds of articles about the rapid spread of spirits were written in papers from Bangor, Maine, to New Orleans, Louisiana.
From Literature
Throughout her life, she summered in Maine near Franklin Roosevelt, yet she was among those drawn to “settlement houses.”
Winter storm warnings stretched from North Carolina to northern Maine, with some warnings in place further north in parts of eastern Canada.
From BBC
A major winter storm has pummeled much of the East Coast, dumping around two feet of snow on cities and scuttling travel, work and school for millions of Americans between Virginia and Maine.
Greg Steube, a Florida Republican, and Jared Golden, a Democrat from Maine, introduced legislation last August to establish both a universal tariff and a supplemental tariff for China.
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