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! #$K K {bml mmlistp.bmp} Multimedia List

Press button below to see a list of topics with... 

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Pictures	Sound	Video	

! #$ {bml uspictup.bmp} Multimedia List: Topics with Pictures

Arizona: Economy ("Grand Canyon" hot spot)
Arizona: History
Arizona: Information (Nickname, State Bird, State Flower, State Tree buttons)
California Land and People
California: Information (State Bird, State Flower, State Tree buttons)
California: Economy ("film capitol" hot spot)
Hawaii: Contents (low-point and state-capital buttons)
Hawaii: Economy
Hawaii: History
Hawaii: Information (Nickname, State Bird, State Flower, State Tree buttons)
Hawaii: Land and People
Massachusetts: Information (State Bird, State Flower, State Tree buttons)
New York: Information (State Bird, State Flower, State Tree buttons)
North Dakota: Land and People
North Dakota: Information (State Bird, State Flower, State Tree buttons)
Texas: Economy
Texas: History
Texas: Information (State Bird, State Flower, State Tree buttons)
Texas: Land and People
Virginia: Economy
Virginia: History ("shipping" hot spot)
Virginia: Information (Nickname, State Bird, State Flower, State Tree buttons)
Virginia: Land and People
Virginia: Government (picture button)
Washington: Information (State Bird, State Flower, State Tree buttons)
Washington: Contents (computer button)
Washington: Land and People

! #$@{bml ussoundp.bmp} Multimedia List: Waveform  Sounds

Waveform Sound
Arizona Economy (from the Grand Canyon hotspot)
Arizona History (from the sound button)

! # {ewc MVMCI12, MVMCI12, [stdcontrol][autostart]!GUNFIGHT.WAV}

! # Click away or press
Escape to exit
{ewc MVMCI12, MVMCI12, [stdcontrol][autostart]!ECHO.WAV}

! #$@{bml usanimap.bmp} Multimedia List: Video

California: History (from the motion-picture play button)
Texas: Information (from the State Flower topic)

! # Click away or press
Escape to exit
{ewc MVMCI12, MVMCI12, [device AVIVideo][autostart] !HOLLYWD.AVI}

! # Click away or press
Escape to exit
{ewc MVMCI12, MVMCI12, [device AVIVideo][autostart] !FLOWER.AVI}

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{bmc 3nickp.shg} Nickname
{bmc 3popp.shg} Population
{bmc 3birdp.shg} State Bird
{bmc 3flowerp.shg} State Flower
{bmc 3treep.shg} State Tree

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Population
Pop. (1986 est.) 4,462,000, an 8% increase over 1980 pop.

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State Capital
Olympia.

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Highest Point
Mt. Rainier, 14,410 ft (4,395 m).

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Lowest Point
Sea level.

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Nickname
{ewl MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !WA_NICKP.BMP}Evergreen State

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State Bird
{ewl MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !WA_BIRDP.BMP}Willow Goldfinch Bird of the family Fringillidae

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State Flower
{ewl MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !WA_FLOWP.DIB}Wild Rhododendron

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State Tree
{ewl MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !WA_TREEP.DIB}Western Hemlock

! #$K K + {bml wa3histp.shg}

{ewr MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !WA_HISTP.BMP}Washington was the home of the Chinook, Nez Perce, Yakima, and other Indian tribes when Capt. James Cook explored (1778) the area and the British explorer George Vancouver sailed (1792) into Puget Sound. Britain and the United States subsequently contested the region, and "Fifty-four forty or fight," referring to a proposed U.S. northern boundary set at lat. 54 Degrees 40 Minutes N became a slogan of the 1844 presidential campaign; war was finally averted by setting the boundary at lat. 49 Degrees N in 1846. The first great influx of settlers came in the 1880s, when rail transport became possible. During the early 20th cent. Washington was a center of radical labor activity, including that of the Industrial Workers of the World, which often resulted in violent strikes. Aircraft manufacturing boomed during World War II and has continued to provide the state's industrial base.

! #$K K + {bml wa3landp.shg}

Washington, one of the U.S. states of the Pacific Northwest bordered by Idaho (E), Oregon (S), the Pacific Ocean (W), and the Canadian province of British Columbia (N).

Area, 68,192 sq mi (176,617 sq km). 

{ewr MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !TULIPSP.BMP}Puget Sound, in the northwest, separates the bulk of the state from the Olympic Peninsula, which receives the highest average rainfall of any region in the U.S. Farther inland, the Cascade Range runs north to south across the state, and east of it the land is largely dry. Temperatures are generally moderate. One of the peaks in the Cascades, Mount St. Helens, an active volcano, erupted in a violent, destructive explosion in 1980. The Rocky Mountains traverse the northwest, and the Columbia plateau is located in the south. The principal river is the Columbia, one of the world's greatest sources of hydroelectric power. Over 70% of the population lives in metropolitan areas. Seattle is the largest city, followed by Spokane and Tacoma. In 1984 the state was over 90% white.

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{ewr MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !WA_ECONP.BMP}Washington is the country's leading manufacturer of jet aircraft and also produces missiles and spacecraft. Other leading industries are lumbering, the processing of the state's agricultural output, and the manufacture of chemicals and primary metals. The major farm products are wheat, cattle, dairy commodities, and apples. There are deposits of bauxite, magnesium, uranium, and many other minerals. Fishing, especially for salmon, is important. Tourists are attracted year-round to such scenic areas as Olympic, North Cascades, and Mt. Rainier national parks and the Grand Coulee Dam National Recreation Area.

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{ewr MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !WA_GOVIP.BMP}According to the constitution of 1889, the governor is elected to a four-year term. The legislature consists of a senate with 49 members serving four-year terms and a house of 98 members elected for two years. Washington is represented in the U.S. Congress by 2 senators and 8 representatives and has 10 electoral votes.

! #$KKMicrosoft Corporation
{ewr MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !MSP.BMP}Founded 1975. Developer of microcomputer software for business and professional use, including operating systems, network products, languages application programs, and multimedia software.
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