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- A state of the central United States in the Great Plains. It was admitted as the 37th state in 1867. The region became part of the United States through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and was made a separate territory by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Its present boundaries were established in 1861. Lincoln is the capital and Omaha the largest city.
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- proper noun A state of the
United States of America . Capital:Lincoln ; largest city:Omaha .
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- noun a midwestern state on the Great Plains
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NEBRASKA: Benefits 68,000 workers in Nebraska, representing 14.7 percent of all hourly workers in the state.
Minimum Wage Raise Benefits On State By State Basis ITY National Archives 1996
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Business listings and local information in cities across nebraska. college Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Business listings and local information in cities across nebraska. college Lincoln, Nebraska.
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NDAMUKONG SUH, NEBRASKA - You may not be able to pronounce his name now, but if you watch Nebraska football next year, that will change.
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At the same time, look at the recovery. nebraska.gov website set up specifically for tracking the spending of stimulus dollars in Nebraska.
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ADDRESS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Cushing Health and Sports Center University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, Nebraska
Remarks By President At Foreign Policy For Global Age Address ITY National Archives 2000
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ADDRESS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Cushing Health and Sports Center University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, Nebraska
Remarks By President A Foreign Policy For Global Age Address ITY National Archives 2000
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Also, recommending Arrogant Bastard to anyone in Nebraska is likely to earn you a blank stare followed by a crack about drinking “real beer.”
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Bow season here in Nebraska is about to go into halftime, so how many got a deer in early season?
Bow season here in Nebraska is about to go into halftime, so how many got a deer in early season? 2009
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Bow season here in Nebraska is about to go into halftime, so how many got a deer in early season?
Bow season here in Nebraska is about to go into halftime, so how many got a deer in early season? 2009
Prolagus commented on the word Nebraska
Mysterious Nebraska-Shaped Field in… Nebraska.
December 10, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word Nebraska
Easily explained as a case of scale invariance. I'll bet there are little Nebraska-shaped clods of dirt within that field.
December 10, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word Nebraska
See, also, self-similarity and (ahem) field theory.
December 10, 2009
reesetee commented on the word Nebraska
Ha! I spent several days in that little town (Minden) a couple years ago. I could see why they might want a Nebraska-shaped field. They could use the tourist dollars. ;-)
December 16, 2009
yarb commented on the word Nebraska
ruzuzu: and within those clods of dirt...
December 17, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word Nebraska
Tiny Nebraska-shaped molecules. Of course, at the atomic level, who knows--they might look like nebraksa.
December 17, 2009
yarb commented on the word Nebraska
Yes! The quantum world, a disconcertingly fucked-up mirror of the world we know.
December 18, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word Nebraska
So, reesetee, I assume that you actually went through the exhibits at Pioneer Village. I've always been amused that its creator was named Harold Warp. Can't you just imagine Dr. Frank N. Furter in with all the farm implements?
December 18, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word Nebraska
If you're looking for another strange attractor in Nebraska, you should check out Carhenge.
December 18, 2009
reesetee commented on the word Nebraska
Ruzuzu: you know about the exhibits at Pioneer Village? Another denizen of the Nebraska Time Warp?
Let's do it again!
December 18, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word Nebraska
Yup. It's just a jump to the west of me. Reesetee, I'm more amazed that you spent "several" days there.
December 18, 2009
reesetee commented on the word Nebraska
Several days in the town, that is. I was birding (cranes).
No, really.
December 18, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word Nebraska
That actually makes more sense. Did you go to the Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary?
December 18, 2009
reesetee commented on the word Nebraska
Absolutely! Love that place.
December 18, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word Nebraska
Oh good--I've only ever been to the place off I-80 near Grand Island, but I've heard Rowe Sanctuary is worth the trip to Gibbon.
December 18, 2009
reesetee commented on the word Nebraska
I'd say so. Enjoy! I envy your being that close to it.
December 18, 2009
milosrdenstvi commented on the word Nebraska
Incidentally, I love that blog.
December 18, 2009
reesetee commented on the word Nebraska
Rowe has a blog?
December 19, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word Nebraska
I'd guess Milosrdenstvi means strangemaps.
December 19, 2009
reesetee commented on the word Nebraska
*smacks forehead*
Of course. I do too. :-)
December 19, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word Nebraska
See There is no place like Nebraska, which comes from a fight song for the University of Nebraska (my grandfather's version of the lyrics includes the words Elmer's Glue).
December 17, 2010