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  2. Convergence (economics) - Wikipedia

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    There are many examples of countries that have converged with developed countries which validate the catch-up theory. [5] Based on case studies on Japan, Mexico and other countries, Nakaoka studied social capabilities for industrialization and clarified the features of human and social attitudes in the catching-up process of Japan in the Meiji period (1868-1912).

  3. Industrialization in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    The speed of the Soviet Union's catch-up industrialization was an influence on Japanese policymakers' view of industrialization. [43]: 9 Economic planning in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo was influenced by Japanese observations of the Soviet approach and reflected in Manchukuo's Five Year Plan for Heavy Industry.

  4. List of labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 1921 1,901,161 [1] RNs, professional, technical and non-professional health care workers; public employees; janitorial and security employees. 2012: SEIU: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 1932 1,459,511 Employees of state, county, and municipal governments. 2012 ...

  5. Perpetual Union - Wikipedia

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    All the obligations of perpetual union, and all the guaranties of republican government in the Union, attached at once to the State. The act which consummated her admission into the Union was something more than a compact; it was the incorporation of a new member into the political body. And it was final. —

  6. West Virginia in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Views in and Around Martinsburg, Virginia by A. R. Waud (Harper's Weekly, December 3, 1864). The U.S. state of West Virginia was formed out of western Virginia and added to the Union as a direct result of the American Civil War (see History of West Virginia), in which it became the only modern state to have declared its independence from the Confederacy.

  7. Articles of Confederation - Wikipedia

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    Only the central government may declare war, or conduct foreign political or commercial relations. No state or official may accept foreign gifts or titles, and granting any title of nobility is forbidden to all. No states may form any sub-national groups. No state may tax or interfere with treaty stipulations already proposed.

  8. NCUA: What it is and how it keeps your money at credit ... - AOL

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    Key takeaways. The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is the government agency that insures deposits at member credit unions. When your money is in a share account with a federally ...

  9. Political union - Wikipedia

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    A political union is a type of political entity which is composed of, or created from, smaller polities, or the process which achieves this. These smaller polities are usually called federated states and federal territories in a federal government; and prefectures, regions, or provinces in the case of a centralised government.