United States at The 2007 World Championships in Athletics

The United States competed at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.

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    Places where he might live and die and never hear of the United States, which make such a noise in the world,—never hear of America, so called from the name of a European gentleman.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    The United States is a republic, and a republic is a state in which the people are the boss. That means us. And if the big shots in Washington don’t do like we vote, we don’t vote for them, by golly, no more.
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    Sean Thornton: I don’t get this. Why do we have to have you along. Back in the states I’d drive up, honk the horn, a gal’d come runnin’ out.
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    Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen,
    Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
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