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State of E
State of E (鄂) was a Shang and Zhou-era state in Shanxi, Henan, and Nanyang, probably destroyed by Chu in the early Spring and Autumn period.
State of East Indonesia
The State of East Indonesia (Negara Indonesia Timur) was a federal state formed by the Netherlands in December 1946, covering Sulawesi, the Small Sunda Islands, and the Maluku Islands.
State of East Sumatra
The State of East Sumatra (Negara Sumatera Timur, NST) was a federal state created by the Netherlands in December 1947, with Medan as its capital and Tengku Mansur as head of state.
State of emergency
State of emergency: a government declaration suspending normal political and social operations during a crisis, also called emergency powers or etat de siege. Key features are rights derogation, temporary duration, oversight safeguards, and documented abuse by autocratic governments.
State of Fear
State of Fear is a 2004 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton, published by HarperCollins, in which eco-terrorists stage natural-looking disasters to convince the public climate change is a crisis.
State of Franklin
The State of Franklin, also called Frankland, was a breakaway government (1784-1788) declared by three western North Carolina counties in present East Tennessee; John Sevier governed it, Congress rejected its statehood petition, and North Carolina reclaimed the region by 1789.
State of Grace (1990 film)
State of Grace is a 1990 American crime drama directed by Phil Joanou, starring Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Ed Harris, and Robin Wright as an undercover cop infiltrating Hell's Kitchen's Irish mob, loosely based on the Westies; it flopped against GoodFellas but holds an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score.
State of Guan
The State of Guan (管国) was a short-lived vassal state of the early Western Zhou, enfeoffed by King Wu of Zhou and held by his brother Guan Shuxian near Zhengzhou.
State of health
State of health (SOH) measures a rechargeable battery's general condition against its initial state; a new battery is 100%, and 80% is commonly considered end of life.
State of Huo
The State of Huo (霍国) was a small vassal state of the Western Zhou dynasty, founded by Huo Shuchu, a son of King Wen of Zhou, and destroyed by Jin in 661 BC.
State of Idaho v. Robert Dean Hall
State of Idaho v. Robert Dean Hall, 387 P.3d 81 (Idaho 2016): Idaho Supreme Court decision affirming Robert Dean Hall's second-degree murder conviction for the 2011 shooting of Emmett Corrigan and upholding ICJI 1517 self-defense jury instructions over a justifiable-homicide instruction request.
State of Ji
The State of Ji (纪国) was a Jiang-surname marquisate of the Spring and Autumn period in Shandong, remembered for its long feud with neighboring Qi, which destroyed it.
State of Jin
The State of Jin (晋国) was a powerful Chinese vassal state of the Spring and Autumn period, eventually partitioned into the three states of Han, Zhao, and Wei.
State of Ju
The State of Ju (莒国) was a small aristocratic state of the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province, China, destroyed by Chu in 431 BC.
State of Kadı Burhan al-Din
The State of Kadı Burhan al-Din (Kadi Burhaneddin Devleti) was a principality in central Anatolia founded in 1381 by Kadi Burhaneddin Ahmed, with Sivas and Kayseri as its centers.
State of Katanga
State of Katanga (État du Katanga, Inchi Ya Katanga): unrecognized secessionist state in the Congo, proclaimed 11 July 1960 by Moïse Tshombe with Union Minière and Belgian backing, ended by UN forces at Kolwezi, 14 January 1963.
State of Lai
The State of Lai (莱国) was a Zhou dynasty vassal state in eastern Shandong, founded by the Lai Yi people and destroyed by Qi in 567 BC.
State of Lu
The State of Lu (鲁国) was a Zhou dynasty vassal state centered at Qufu in present-day Shandong, whose chronicle the Spring and Autumn Annals named an entire era.
State of Maranhão and Grão-Pará
The State of Maranhão and Grão-Pará was an independent administrative state of Portuguese America. It was created in 1620 and later divided in 1772 into two separate states.
State of matter
A state of matter, also called a physical state or phase, is a distinct form matter can take; the common states are solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.
State of Mexico
State of Mexico (Estado de México, Edomex): Mexican federal entity erected 2 March 1824 with capital at Toluca; originally covered Hidalgo, Morelos, Guerrero, and Mexico City before 19th-century dismemberment; now the federation's most populous state.
State of Mind (group)
State of Mind is a New Zealand drum and bass duo from Auckland, formed around 2004 by Patrick Hawkins and Stuart Maxwell, known for hard-hitting tracks.
State of Mind Ventures (SOMV)
State of Mind Ventures (SOMV) is an Israeli early-stage venture capital firm in Herzliya, founded around 2016 by Pinchas Buchris, Yuval Baharav, and Nir Adler.
State of nature
State of nature: a political-philosophy thought experiment imagining life without government, central to Hobbes (war of all against all), Locke (law of reason, limited government), and Rousseau (innocent nature corrupted by society).
State of Origin results and statistics
State of Origin results and statistics: Queensland vs New South Wales rugby league series since 8 July 1980. Queensland leads 27 series and 73 matches to NSW's 18 and 63; first game won 20-10 at Lang Park.
State of Origin series
State of Origin series: annual three-game NSW Blues vs Queensland Maroons rugby league series, begun 8 July 1980 at Lang Park (Queensland 20-10), birth-state eligibility, not Test caps.
State of Palestine (دولة فلسطين)
State of Palestine (دولة فلسطين), state proclaimed 15 November 1988 in Algiers claiming the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza; UN non-member observer state since 2012, recognized by nearly 150 UN members, ICC state party, territory under Israeli occupation ruled unlawful by the ICJ in 2024.
State of Pasundan
The State of Pasundan (Negara Pasundan) was a federal state in West Java, established by the Dutch in 1948 during the Indonesian National Revolution and dissolved in 1950 into the Republic of Indonesia.
State of Play (film)
State of Play (2009) is a Kevin Macdonald political thriller starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, and Helen Mirren, adapted from Paul Abbott's 2003 BBC miniseries; a reporter probes a congressman's aide's murder and a defense-contractor conspiracy.
State of Play (TV series)
State of Play is a 2003 six-part BBC One political conspiracy thriller written by Paul Abbott and directed by David Yates, starring John Simm, David Morrissey, Kelly Macdonald, and Bill Nighy as Herald journalists uncovering oil-backed government corruption; it won a 2004 Peabody Award and was adapted into a 2009 Hollywood film.