11.  One might have understood this if the U.S. economy were doing poorly or if the United States were not the keystone of the whole international system.

12.  Police officers from around the United States are gathering in Washington this week for the annual observance.

13.  Since then, reporters from around the United States have traveled to this hamlet in southwestern Alabama to ask the Suttons if they had ever feared for their lives.

14.  Shortly afterward, the United States introduce a milder substitute resolution, which was unanimously approved.

15.  Still, it was good to have the leaders of Japan and the United States reaffirm their strong will to eradicate terrorism.

16.  The devaluation underscored how intertwined the economies of Mexico and the United States already are.

17.  The truth is that these United States have rarely been so divided.

18.  The United States expressed regret Wednesday over the presumed death of a Chinese pilot when his fighter jet collided with a U.S. airplane on Sunday.

19.  Then the United States were.

20.  UNITED STATES v. VIRGINIA ET AL.