text: The United States Maritime Service (USMS) was established in 1938 under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. The mission of the organization is to train people to become officers and crewmembers on merchant ships that form the United States Merchant Marine per Title 46 U.S. Code 51701. Heavily utilized during World War II, the USMS has since been largely dissolved and/or absorbed into other federal departments, but its commissioned officers continue to function as administrators and instructors at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and the several maritime academies.

text: The

text: United

text: States

text: Maritime

text: Service

text: USMS

text: was

text: established

text: in

text: under

text: the

text: provisions

text: of

text: the

text: Merchant

text: Marine

text: Act

text: of

text: The

text: mission

text: of

text: the

text: organization

text: is

text: to

text: train

text: people

text: to

text: become

text: officers

text: and

text: crewmembers

text: on

text: merchant

text: ships

text: that

text: form

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Merchant

text: Marine

text: per

text: Title

text: U.S.

text: Code

text: Heavily

text: utilized

text: during

text: World

text: War

text: II

text: the

text: USMS

text: has

text: since

text: been

text: largely

text: dissolved

text: and/or

text: absorbed

text: into

text: other

text: federal

text: departments

text: but

text: its

text: commissioned

text: officers

text: continue

text: to

text: function

text: as

text: administrators

text: and

text: instructors

text: at

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Merchant

text: Marine

text: Academy

text: and

text: the

text: several

text: maritime

text: academies

text: Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the fifth-most populous city in the United States, with an estimated population of 1,567,442 and more than 6 million in the seventh-largest metropolitan statistical area, . Philadelphia is the economic and cultural anchor of the Delaware Valleya region located in the Northeastern United States at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers with 7.2 million people residing in the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States.

text: Philadelphia

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: Commonwealth

text: of

text: Pennsylvania

text: and

text: the

text: fifth

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: with

text: an

text: estimated

text: population

text: of

text: and

text: more

text: than

text: million

text: in

text: the

text: seventh

text: largest

text: metropolitan

text: statistical

text: area

text: Philadelphia

text: is

text: the

text: economic

text: and

text: cultural

text: anchor

text: of

text: the

text: Delaware

text: Valleya

text: region

text: located

text: in

text: the

text: Northeastern

text: United

text: States

text: at

text: the

text: confluence

text: of

text: the

text: Delaware

text: and

text: Schuylkill

text: rivers

text: with

text: million

text: people

text: residing

text: in

text: the

text: eighth

text: largest

text: combined

text: statistical

text: area

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: USS Griffin ( AS - 13 ) , originally Mormacpenn , a United States Maritime Commission Type C3 pre-war cargo ship , was launched by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock , Chester , Pennsylvania , 11 October 1939 . She served briefly with Moore - McConnack , Inc. , was acquired by the Navy in 1940 , renamed Griffin ( AS - 13 ) and converted to a submarine tender at Robbins Dry Dock and Repair Company , Brooklyn , N.Y. Griffin commissioned 31 July 1941 , Comdr . S. D. Jupp in command . Her conversion completed in September 1941 , Griffin conducted shakedown off the East Coast and sailed with a sub squadron to Newfoundland 22 November 1941 . Recalled to Newport , Rhode Island , after Pearl Harbor , the ship was assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet , and departed 14 February 1942 for Australia . Griffin arrived Brisbane 15 April 1942 to tend Submarine Squadron 5 . Early in the war , the United States developed a major submarine base in Australia ; and submarines tended by Griffin struck hard at Japanese shipping while surface forces strengthened themselves for the first Pacific offensives . During this period Griffin also repaired merchant ships at a time of great need . The tender departed Brisbane for the Fiji Islands 11 November 1942 and 1 December 1942 sailed to Bora Bora to escort Submarine Division 53 to the Panama Canal Zone . Arriving Balboa 7 January 1943 , Griffin continued north to Oakland , California , arriving 20 January 1943 . After repairs at San Diego , California , Griffin again departed for the Pacific , sailing 27 April 1943 . She arrived Pearl Harbor 4 May 1943 to take up her vital support duties , and remained until 3 January 1944 . The ship performed refits , battle repairs , and general upkeep on submarines before sailing to Mare Island to arrive 10 January 1944 . Griffin returned to Pearl Harbor 17 March 1944 , and departed 8 April 1944 for the great submarine base at Fremantle , Western Australia . She arrived 8 May and immediately set about servicing the growing submarine fleet . The tender remained at Fremantle until 20 November 1944 , during her Stay founding a rubber fabrication shop which solved one of the great shortages on board the submarines . She then moved closer to the Japanese shipping lanes at Mios Woendi , New Guinea , arriving 9 December 1944 . There she tended submarines , surface craft of all kinds , and even lent her repair equipment to shore facilities . Griffin remained at Mios Woendi until 1 February 1945 when she sailed for Subic Bay , via Leyte . Arriving 10 February 1945 , Griffin set up one of the initial submarine repair facilities in the Philippines since 1942 . She also helped to salvage damaged destroyer La Vallette ( DD - 448 ) . Shifting base , the tender sailed 22 March 1945 via Leyte , and arrived in the Hawaiian Islands 10 April 1945 . After a brief stay at Pearl she departed 10 May 1945 for Midway , arrived 4 days later , and set up another repair facility for submarines . By that time submarines supported by Griffin had practically annihilated Japanese merchant shipping and had played a decisive role in the great Pacific offensive . She remained at Midway until 10 September 1945 , then sailed to Pearl Harbor and San Francisco , entering the bay 24 September . Decommissioned at Mare Island 12 October 1945 , the ship was placed in reserve . Later she transferred to the Stockton group , Pacific Reserve Fleet , where she remained in reserve , in service , tending reserve submarines , until at least 1967 . She was stricken in 1972 and transferred to MARAD . She was sold in 1973 .

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text: Commission

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text: ship

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text: the

text: United

text: States

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text: Woendi

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text: of

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text: initial

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text: tender

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text: March

text: via

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text: arrived

text: in

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text: Hawaiian

text: Islands

text: April

text: After

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text: stay

text: at

text: Pearl

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text: departed

text: May

text: for

text: Midway

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text: and

text: set

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text: repair

text: facility

text: for

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text: By

text: that

text: time

text: submarines

text: supported

text: by

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text: practically

text: annihilated

text: Japanese

text: merchant

text: shipping

text: and

text: had

text: played

text: decisive

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text: in

text: the

text: great

text: Pacific

text: offensive

text: She

text: remained

text: at

text: Midway

text: until

text: September

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text: sailed

text: to

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text: Harbor

text: and

text: San

text: Francisco

text: entering

text: the

text: bay

text: September

text: Decommissioned

text: at

text: Mare

text: Island

text: October

text: the

text: ship

text: was

text: placed

text: in

text: reserve

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text: she

text: transferred

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text: Stockton

text: group

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text: Fleet

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text: at

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text: was

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text: in

text: and

text: transferred

text: to

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text: She

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text: The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and replaced the United States Shipping Board which had existed since World War I. It was intended to formulate a merchant shipbuilding program to design and build five hundred modern merchant cargo ships to replace the World War I vintage vessels that comprised the bulk of the United States Merchant Marine, and to administer a subsidy system authorized by the Act to offset the cost differential between building in the U.S. and operating ships under the American flag. It also formed the United States Maritime Service for the training of seagoing ship's officers to man the new fleet.

text: The

text: United

text: States

text: Maritime

text: Commission

text: MARCOM

text: was

text: an

text: independent

text: executive

text: agency

text: of

text: the

text: U.S.

text: federal

text: government

text: that

text: was

text: created

text: by

text: the

text: Merchant

text: Marine

text: Act

text: of

text: passed

text: by

text: Congress

text: on

text: June

text: and

text: replaced

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Shipping

text: Board

text: which

text: had

text: existed

text: since

text: World

text: War

text: It

text: was

text: intended

text: to

text: formulate

text: merchant

text: shipbuilding

text: program

text: to

text: design

text: and

text: build

text: five

text: hundred

text: modern

text: merchant

text: cargo

text: ships

text: to

text: replace

text: the

text: World

text: War

text: vintage

text: vessels

text: that

text: comprised

text: the

text: bulk

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Merchant

text: Marine

text: and

text: to

text: administer

text: subsidy

text: system

text: authorized

text: by

text: the

text: Act

text: to

text: offset

text: the

text: cost

text: differential

text: between

text: building

text: in

text: the

text: U.S.

text: and

text: operating

text: ships

text: under

text: the

text: American

text: flag

text: It

text: also

text: formed

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Maritime

text: Service

text: for

text: the

text: training

text: of

text: seagoing

text: ship

text: 's

text: officers

text: to

text: man

text: the

text: new

text: fleet

text: A submarine tender is a type of ship that supplies and supports submarines.

text: submarine

text: tender

text: is

text: type

text: of

text: ship

text: that

text: supplies

text: and

text: supports

text: submarines

text: A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term most commonly refers to a large, crewed vessel. It is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely operated vehicles and robots, as well as medium-sized or smaller vessels, such as the midget submarine and the wet sub. Used as an adjective in phrases such as "submarine cable", "submarine" means "under the sea". The noun "submarine" evolved as a shortened form of "submarine boat" (and is often further shortened to "sub"). For reasons of naval tradition, submarines are usually referred to as "boats" rather than as "ships", regardless of their size.

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text: is

text: watercraft

text: capable

text: of

text: independent

text: operation

text: underwater

text: It

text: differs

text: from

text: submersible

text: which

text: has

text: more

text: limited

text: underwater

text: capability

text: The

text: term

text: most

text: commonly

text: refers

text: to

text: large

text: crewed

text: vessel

text: It

text: is

text: also

text: sometimes

text: used

text: historically

text: or

text: colloquially

text: to

text: refer

text: to

text: remotely

text: operated

text: vehicles

text: and

text: robots

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: medium

text: sized

text: or

text: smaller

text: vessels

text: such

text: as

text: the

text: midget

text: submarine

text: and

text: the

text: wet

text: sub

text: Used

text: as

text: an

text: adjective

text: in

text: phrases

text: such

text: as

text: submarine

text: cable

text: submarine

text: means

text: under

text: the

text: sea

text: The

text: noun

text: submarine

text: evolved

text: as

text: shortened

text: form

text: of

text: submarine

text: boat

text: and

text: is

text: often

text: further

text: shortened

text: to

text: sub

text: For

text: reasons

text: of

text: naval

text: tradition

text: submarines

text: are

text: usually

text: referred

text: to

text: as

text: boats

text: rather

text: than

text: as

text: ships

text: regardless

text: of

text: their

text: size

text: The United States Merchant Marine refers to either United States civilian mariners, or to U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels. Both the civilian mariners, and the merchant vessels, are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United States. The Merchant Marine primarily transports cargo and passengers during peacetime; in times of war, the Merchant Marine can be an auxiliary to the United States Navy, and can be called upon to deliver military personnel and materiel for the military. Merchant Marine officers may also be commissioned as military officers by the Department of Defense. This is commonly achieved by commissioning unlimited tonnage Merchant Marine officers as Strategic Sealift Officers in the Naval Reserves.

text: The

text: United

text: States

text: Merchant

text: Marine

text: refers

text: to

text: either

text: United

text: States

text: civilian

text: mariners

text: or

text: to

text: U.S.

text: civilian

text: and

text: federally

text: owned

text: merchant

text: vessels

text: Both

text: the

text: civilian

text: mariners

text: and

text: the

text: merchant

text: vessels

text: are

text: managed

text: by

text: combination

text: of

text: the

text: government

text: and

text: private

text: sectors

text: and

text: engage

text: in

text: commerce

text: or

text: transportation

text: of

text: goods

text: and

text: services

text: in

text: and

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: navigable

text: waters

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: The

text: Merchant

text: Marine

text: primarily

text: transports

text: cargo

text: and

text: passengers

text: during

text: peacetime

text: in

text: times

text: of

text: war

text: the

text: Merchant

text: Marine

text: can

text: be

text: an

text: auxiliary

text: to

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Navy

text: and

text: can

text: be

text: called

text: upon

text: to

text: deliver

text: military

text: personnel

text: and

text: materiel

text: for

text: the

text: military

text: Merchant

text: Marine

text: officers

text: may

text: also

text: be

text: commissioned

text: as

text: military

text: officers

text: by

text: the

text: Department

text: of

text: Defense

text: This

text: is

text: commonly

text: achieved

text: by

text: commissioning

text: unlimited

text: tonnage

text: Merchant

text: Marine

text: officers

text: as

text: Strategic

text: Sealift

text: Officers

text: in

text: the

text: Naval

text: Reserves

text: Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a Census-estimated 2,636,735 residents in 2015. It borders the borough of Queens at the southwestern end of Long Island. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, the most populous county in the U.S. state of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, after the county of New York (which is coextensive with the borough of Manhattan).

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text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: borough

text: of

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: with

text: Census

text: estimated

text: residents

text: in

text: It

text: borders

text: the

text: borough

text: of

text: Queens

text: at

text: the

text: southwestern

text: end

text: of

text: Long

text: Island

text: Since

text: Brooklyn

text: has

text: had

text: the

text: same

text: boundaries

text: as

text: Kings

text: County

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: county

text: in

text: the

text: U.S.

text: state

text: of

text: New

text: York

text: and

text: the

text: second

text: most

text: densely

text: populated

text: county

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: after

text: the

text: county

text: of

text: New

text: York

text: which

text: is

text: coextensive

text: with

text: the

text: borough

text: of

text: Manhattan

text: Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: "Pennsylvaani"), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle. The commonwealth borders Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the northwest, New York to the north, and New Jersey to the east.

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text: Pennsylvania

text: German

text: Pennsylvaani

text: officially

text: the

text: Commonwealth

text: of

text: Pennsylvania

text: is

text: state

text: located

text: in

text: the

text: northeastern

text: and

text: Mid

text: Atlantic

text: regions

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: The

text: Appalachian

text: Mountains

text: run

text: through

text: its

text: middle

text: The

text: commonwealth

text: borders

text: Delaware

text: to

text: the

text: southeast

text: Maryland

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: West

text: Virginia

text: to

text: the

text: southwest

text: Ohio

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: Lake

text: Erie

text: and

text: the

text: Canadian

text: province

text: of

text: Ontario

text: to

text: the

text: northwest

text: New

text: York

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: and

text: New

text: Jersey

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2015 population of 8,550,405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. A global power city, New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, its fast pace defining the term "New York minute". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world.

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text: of

text: New

text: York

text: often

text: called

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: or

text: simply

text: New

text: York

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: With

text: an

text: estimated

text: population

text: of

text: distributed

text: over

text: land

text: area

text: of

text: just

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: is

text: also

text: the

text: most

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text: Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a population of 33,972 at the 2010 census. Chester is situated on the Delaware River, between the cities of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware. The current mayor of Chester is Thaddeus Kirkland, elected on November 3, 2015 and served his first day in office on January 4, 2016.

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text: A U.S. state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America. There are 50 states, which are bound together in a union with each other. Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory, and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government. Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government, Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons covered by certain types of court orders (e.g., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody).

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text: Long Island is an island located just off the northeast coast of the United States and a region within the U.S. state of New York. Stretching east-northeast from New York Harbor into the Atlantic Ocean, the island comprises four counties: Kings and Queens (which comprise the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, respectively) to the west; then Nassau and Suffolk to the east. However, many people in the New York metropolitan area (even those living in Brooklyn and Queens) colloquially use the term "Long Island" (or "The Island") exclusively to refer to the NassauSuffolk county area collectively, which is mainly suburban in character. More generally, "Long Island" may also refer collectively both to the main Island as well as its nearby, surrounding outer barrier islands. North of the island is the Long Island Sound, across from which lie the states of Connecticut and a small part of Rhode Island across the Block Island Sound. Across the Sound, to the northwest, lies Westchester County on mainland New York. To the west, Long Island is separated from the Bronx and the island of Manhattan by the East River. To the extreme southwest, it is separated from the New York City borough of Staten Island and the U.S. state of New Jersey by Upper New York Bay, the Narrows, and Lower New York Bay. To the east lie Block Island and numerous smaller islands.

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text: Queens

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text: York

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text: San Nicolás de los Arroyos Partido is the northernmost partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

text: San

text: Nicolás

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text: Arroyos

text: Partido

text: is

text: the

text: northernmost

text: partido

text: in

text: Buenos

text: Aires

text: Province

text: Argentina

text: Buenos Aires ("Provincia de Buenos Aires"; English: "good airs") is the largest and most populous Argentinian province. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880. The current capital of the province is the city of La Plata, founded in 1882.

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text: de

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text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: and

text: most

text: populous

text: Argentinian

text: province

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text: takes

text: the

text: name

text: from

text: the

text: city

text: of

text: Buenos

text: Aires

text: which

text: used

text: to

text: be

text: the

text: provincial

text: capital

text: until

text: it

text: was

text: federalized

text: in

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text: current

text: capital

text: of

text: the

text: province

text: is

text: the

text: city

text: of

text: La

text: Plata

text: founded

text: in

text: Motomel S.A. is a brand of Argentine motorcycle , based in San Luis Province and Buenos Aires Province ; founded in 1992 by the La Emilia investment group .

text: Motomel

text: S.A.

text: is

text: brand

text: of

text: Argentine

text: motorcycle

text: based

text: in

text: San

text: Luis

text: Province

text: and

text: Buenos

text: Aires

text: Province

text: founded

text: in

text: by

text: the

text: La

text: Emilia

text: investment

text: group

text: Greater Buenos Aires (GBA) is the urban agglomeration comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the adjacent 24 "partidos" (districts) over the Province of Buenos Aires. Thus, it does not constitute a single administrative unit. The conurbation spreads south, west and north of Buenos Aires city. To the east, the River Plate serves as a natural boundary.

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text: Buenos

text: Aires

text: GBA

text: is

text: the

text: urban

text: agglomeration

text: comprising

text: the

text: autonomous

text: city

text: of

text: Buenos

text: Aires

text: and

text: the

text: adjacent

text: partidos

text: districts

text: over

text: the

text: Province

text: of

text: Buenos

text: Aires

text: Thus

text: it

text: does

text: not

text: constitute

text: single

text: administrative

text: unit

text: The

text: conurbation

text: spreads

text: south

text: west

text: and

text: north

text: of

text: Buenos

text: Aires

text: city

text: To

text: the

text: east

text: the

text: River

text: Plate

text: serves

text: as

text: natural

text: boundary

text: The Americas, also collectively called America, encompass the totality of the continents of North America and South America. Together they make up most of Earth's western hemisphere and comprise the "New World".

text: The

text: Americas

text: also

text: collectively

text: called

text: America

text: encompass

text: the

text: totality

text: of

text: the

text: continents

text: of

text: North

text: America

text: and

text: South

text: America

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text: they

text: make

text: up

text: most

text: of

text: Earth

text: 's

text: western

text: hemisphere

text: and

text: comprise

text: the

text: New

text: World

text:
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a federal republic in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with its neighbor Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of , Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the second largest in Latin America, and the largest Spanish-speaking one. The country is subdivided into twenty-three provinces (singular "provincia") and one autonomous city ("ciudad autónoma"), Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress.
The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system.

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text: officially

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text: Argentine

text: Republic

text: is

text: federal

text: republic

text: in

text: the

text: southern

text: half

text: of

text: South

text: America

text: Sharing

text: the

text: bulk

text: of

text: the

text: Southern

text: Cone

text: with

text: its

text: neighbor

text: Chile

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: the

text: country

text: is

text: also

text: bordered

text: by

text: Bolivia

text: and

text: Paraguay

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: Brazil

text: to

text: the

text: northeast

text: Uruguay

text: and

text: the

text: South

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: the

text: Drake

text: Passage

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: With

text: mainland

text: area

text: of

text: Argentina

text: is

text: the

text: eighth

text: largest

text: country

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: the

text: second

text: largest

text: in

text: Latin

text: America

text: and

text: the

text: largest

text: Spanish

text: speaking

text: one

text: The

text: country

text: is

text: subdivided

text: into

text: twenty

text: three

text: provinces

text: singular

text: provincia

text: and

text: one

text: autonomous

text: city

text: ciudad

text: autónoma

text: Buenos

text: Aires

text: which

text: is

text: the

text: federal

text: capital

text: of

text: the

text: nation

text: as

text: decided

text: by

text: Congress

text: The

text: provinces

text: and

text: the

text: capital

text: have

text: their

text: own

text: constitutions

text: but

text: exist

text: under

text: federal

text: system

text: La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of the partido La Plata. According to the , it has a population of 765,378 and its metropolitan area has 899,523 inhabitants.

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text: Plata

text: is

text: the

text: capital

text: city

text: of

text: the

text: Province

text: of

text: Buenos

text: Aires

text: Argentina

text: and

text: of

text: the

text: partido

text: La

text: Plata

text: According

text: to

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text: it

text: has

text: population

text: of

text: and

text: its

text: metropolitan

text: area

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text: inhabitants

text: Buenos Aires is the capital and most populous city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the South American continent's southeastern coast. "Buenos aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the first one was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre". The Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, which also includes several Buenos Aires Province districts, constitutes the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas, with a population of around 17 million.

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text: is

text: the

text: capital

text: and

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: of

text: Argentina

text: The

text: city

text: is

text: located

text: on

text: the

text: western

text: shore

text: of

text: the

text: estuary

text: of

text: the

text: Río

text: de

text: la

text: Plata

text: on

text: the

text: South

text: American

text: continent

text: 's

text: southeastern

text: coast

text: Buenos

text: aires

text: can

text: be

text: translated

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text: fair

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text: or

text: good

text: airs

text: but

text: the

text: first

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text: the

text: meaning

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text: founders

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text: century

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text: use

text: of

text: the

text: original

text: name

text: Real

text: de

text: Nuestra

text: Señora

text: Santa

text: María

text: del

text: Buen

text: Ayre

text: The

text: Greater

text: Buenos

text: Aires

text: conurbation

text: which

text: also

text: includes

text: several

text: Buenos

text: Aires

text: Province

text: districts

text: constitutes

text: the

text: fourth

text: most

text: populous

text: metropolitan

text: area

text: in

text: the

text: Americas

text: with

text: population

text: of

text: around

text: million

text: La Emilia is a small town in the San Nicolás Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

text: La

text: Emilia

text: is

text: small

text: town

text: in

text: the

text: San

text: Nicolás

text: Partido

text: of

text: Buenos

text: Aires

text: Province

text: Argentina

text: San Luis is a province of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country (on the 32° South parallel). Neighboring provinces are, from the north clockwise, La Rioja, Córdoba, La Pampa, Mendoza and San Juan.

text: San

text: Luis

text: is

text: province

text: of

text: Argentina

text: located

text: near

text: the

text: geographical

text: center

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: on

text: the

text: South

text: parallel

text: Neighboring

text: provinces

text: are

text: from

text: the

text: north

text: clockwise

text: La

text: Rioja

text: Córdoba

text: La

text: Pampa

text: Mendoza

text: and

text: San

text: Juan

text: The Río de la Plata ("River of Silver")  rendered River Plate in British English and the Commonwealth and La Plata River (occasionally Plata River) in other English-speaking countries  is the river and estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay and the Paraná rivers. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean, forming a funnel-shaped indentation on the southeastern coastline of South America.

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text: de

text: la

text: Plata

text: River

text: of

text: Silver

text: rendered

text: River

text: Plate

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text: British

text: English

text: and

text: the

text: Commonwealth

text: and

text: La

text: Plata

text: River

text: occasionally

text: Plata

text: River

text: in

text: other

text: English

text: speaking

text: countries

text: is

text: the

text: river

text: and

text: estuary

text: formed

text: by

text: the

text: confluence

text: of

text: the

text: Uruguay

text: and

text: the

text: Paraná

text: rivers

text: It

text: empties

text: into

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

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text: funnel

text: shaped

text: indentation

text: on

text: the

text: southeastern

text: coastline

text: of

text: South

text: America

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text: The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional ice hockey league currently composed of 31 member clubs. Of the 30 clubs currently playing, 23 are in the United States and 7 in Canada. Headquartered in New York City, the NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.

text: The

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: is

text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: league

text: currently

text: composed

text: of

text: member

text: clubs

text: Of

text: the

text: clubs

text: currently

text: playing

text: are

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: in

text: Canada

text: Headquartered

text: in

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: the

text: NHL

text: is

text: considered

text: to

text: be

text: the

text: premier

text: professional

text: ice

text: hockey

text: league

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: and

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: major

text: professional

text: sports

text: leagues

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: Canada

text: The

text: Stanley

text: Cup

text: the

text: oldest

text: professional

text: sports

text: trophy

text: in

text: North

text: America

text: is

text: awarded

text: annually

text: to

text: the

text: league

text: playoff

text: champion

text: at

text: the

text: end

text: of

text: each

text: season

text: The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January 16, 1966. The team plays its home games at the United Center, an arena shared with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Bulls saw their greatest success during the 1990s. They are known for having one of the NBA's greatest dynasties, winning six NBA championships between 1991 and 1998 with two three-peats. All six championship teams were led by Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson. The Bulls are the only NBA franchise to win multiple championships and never lose an NBA Finals series in their history.

text: The

text: Chicago

text: Bulls

text: are

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: basketball

text: team

text: based

text: in

text: Chicago

text: The

text: Bulls

text: compete

text: in

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: as

text: member

text: club

text: of

text: the

text: league

text: 's

text: Eastern

text: Conference

text: Central

text: Division

text: The

text: team

text: was

text: founded

text: on

text: January

text: The

text: team

text: plays

text: its

text: home

text: games

text: at

text: the

text: United

text: Center

text: an

text: arena

text: shared

text: with

text: the

text: Chicago

text: Blackhawks

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Hockey

text: League

text: NHL

text: The

text: Bulls

text: saw

text: their

text: greatest

text: success

text: during

text: the

text: They

text: are

text: known

text: for

text: having

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: NBA

text: 's

text: greatest

text: dynasties

text: winning

text: six

text: NBA

text: championships

text: between

text: and

text: with

text: two

text: three

text: peats

text: All

text: six

text: championship

text: teams

text: were

text: led

text: by

text: Hall

text: of

text: Famers

text: Michael

text: Jordan

text: Scottie

text: Pippen

text: and

text: coach

text: Phil

text: Jackson

text: The

text: Bulls

text: are

text: the

text: only

text: NBA

text: franchise

text: to

text: win

text: multiple

text: championships

text: and

text: never

text: lose

text: an

text: NBA

text: Finals

text: series

text: in

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text: The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). They have won six Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926. The Blackhawks are one of the "Original Six" NHL teams along with the Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. Since , the club's home rink is the United Center. The club had previously played for 65 years at Chicago Stadium.

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text: The 1999 Big Ten Tournament was played from March 4 to March 7 , 1999 . The tournament was held at the United Center in Chicago , and won by the Michigan State Spartans . Due to NCAA sanctions , Michigan and Ohio State have vacated the records from this tournament . Similarly , Minnesota 's appearance in this tournament was voided .

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text: The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the predominant men's professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. It has 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada), and is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by FIBA (also known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States. The NBA is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. NBA players are the world's best paid sportsmen, by average annual salary per player.

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text: United Center is an indoor sports arena located in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The United Center is home to both the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). The arena is named after its city-based corporate sponsor, United Airlines.

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