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A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts (9999 words) |
 | The State of Massachusetts is distinguished for its local scenery, its liberal institutions, and the enterprise and intelligence of its inhabitants. |
| The bowlders which cover the surface of the State were deposited in the glacial period, marks of which may be distinctly traced in the scratching of the ledges from the shore of the ocean to the summit of the mountains. |
| In the early settlement of the State, the people were greatly annoyed by the depredations of the fl and brown bear and the wolf, which ranged the deep forests, and often came by night to prey upon the cattle in the clearings. |
| International Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage (5613 words) |
| Blumberg is Attorney-Advisor for the United States Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental Scientific Affairs, Office of Oceans Affairs, and led the United States delegation to the UNESCO negotiations on the Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. |
| States Parties would be obligated to enforce the convention in regard to activities in their territory, vessels entering their ports, and their nationals and flag vessels wherever they operated in the world. |
| States that have the most advanced underwater recovery technology are also best capable of ensuring compliance by their nationals and flag vessels worldwide, as well as during activities in their ports and territories. |
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