National Academy of Sciences

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a private organization, created by an act of Congress (1863), that furthers science and advises the U.S. government on scientific and technical issues. Abbreviation: N.A.S., NAS

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The scheme has been condemned by civil liberties groups and queried by the National Association of Head Teachers.
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Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.
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Whether he can do it on the national stage is the unanswered question.
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We face a lot of problems at this moment in our national and global history.
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He was long a correspondent of the National Intelligencer and other papers, residing in Virginia.
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So it commands the other sciences in all the wonderful and hidden things of nature and art (pp. 510-511).
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The collection in the Academy I thought much better, but still far enough behind similar galleries in Rome.
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See the distinction between the "sciences physiques" and the "sciences physiologiques" in the "Anatomic Générale," 1801.
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The first commencement of Union College for conferring degrees in the arts and sciences.
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