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Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.
While far from the major battlefields of the American Civil War, Texas contributed large numbers of soldiers and equipment. [103] Union troops briefly occupied the state's primary port, Galveston. Texas's border with Mexico was known as the "backdoor of the Confederacy" because trade occurred at the border, bypassing the Union blockade. [104]
In insurance, the insurance policy is a contract (generally a standard form contract) between the insurer and the policyholder, which determines the claims which the insurer is legally required to pay. In exchange for an initial payment, known as the premium, the insurer promises to pay for loss caused by perils covered under the policy language.
The ease of receiving payments under this law is seen as precipitating a major increase in insurance fraud. [230] Auto insurance fraud was the highest in the U.S. in 2011, estimated at close to $1 billion. [231] Fraud is particularly centered in the Miami-Dade and Tampa areas. [232] [233] [234] Capital punishment is applied in Florida. [235]
[citation needed] In the United States, the IRS has about 1,177 forms and instructions, [48] 28.4111 megabytes of Internal Revenue Code [49] which contained 3.8 million words as of 1 February 2010, [50] numerous tax regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations, [51] and supplementary material in the Internal Revenue Bulletin. [52]
Oklahoma (/ ˌ oʊ k l ə ˈ h oʊ m ə / ⓘ OHK-lə-HOH-mə; [7] Choctaw: Oklahumma, pronounced) [8] is a landlocked state in the South Central region of the United States. [9] It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northeast, Arkansas to the east, New Mexico to the west, and Colorado to the northwest.
Quebec [a] is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.It is the largest province by area [b] with an area of 1.5 million square kilometres (0.58 million square miles) and more than 12,000 km (7,500 mi) of borders, [13] [14] in North America, Quebec is located in Central Canada.