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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Arkansas; -- a nickname, from the many bears once inhabiting its forests.
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These Bear State republicans were protected and aided by
A School History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892
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In the Bear State, pro-raptor groups managed to convince the powers-that-be that condors were being poisoned en masse after ingesting lead bullets or shot in the remains of deer or various other game animals and birds.
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