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- proper noun
Louisiana
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- noun a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
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Dover Trap in the Pelican State is the next entry in this blog.
Developmental buffering, or how to live with your bad genes - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Dover Trap in the Pelican State was the previous entry in this blog.
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The Pelican State has been the object of endless jokes for months now because of the extramarital issues of its governor, one-time presidential wannabe
NBC San Diego - 2009
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The Pelican State is the home of junior wide receiver Stephen Liuzza, the featured player taking the direct snap in the Red's possum package.
Stories from The Sun 2008
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For example, the Pelican State doesn't require all licensed child care facilities to have evacuation plans in place.
Mark Shriver: After BP, Louisiana's Next Manmade Disaster 2010
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The polls showed that of the 28 states around the country where exit pollsters reported the views of new voters, only in Louisiana did Obama lose to Republican nominee John McCain (51 percent of first-time voters in the Pelican State backed McCain, 47 percent Obama).
Will Obama group get Southern hospitality from Gulf voters? 2010
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Given that this state is normally in the bottom ten of most surveys for just about everything, they must have asked the question around Mardi Gras time when the environmental "joie de vivre" is quite high in the Pelican State or maybe the locals are just happy their NFL Saints are winning.
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With numbers like these it is no surprise that a majority of Pelican State voters (77% according to Public Policy Polling) favor keeping oil and oil drilling a part of the state's economy despite BP's current cataclysm.
Susan Deily-Swearingen: Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival 2010
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For example, the Pelican State doesn't require all licensed child care facilities to have evacuation plans in place.
Mark Shriver: After BP, Louisiana's Next Manmade Disaster 2010
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With numbers like these it is no surprise that a majority of Pelican State voters (77% according to Public Policy Polling) favor keeping oil and oil drilling a part of the state's economy despite BP's current cataclysm.
Susan Deily-Swearingen: Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival 2010
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