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Boyd A. Martin
Director, Boyd and Grace Martin Peace Institute; Distinguished Borah Professor of Political Science, 1970–73; Director, Bureau of Public Affairs Research, University of Idaho, Moscow, 1959–73. Author of...
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Idaho, constituent state of the United States of America. It ranks 14th among the 50 U.S. states in terms of total area. Its boundaries—with the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north and the U.S. states of Montana and Wyoming to the east, Utah and Nevada to the south, and Oregon and Washington to the west—are both historical and geographic in derivation. The boundary with British Columbia follows the 49th parallel of north latitude, while the border with Utah and Nevada follows the 42nd parallel; both lines were established by treaty—the northern between the United States and Britain in ...(100 of 4473 words)

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