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- proper noun history The
territory withinPanama , stretching along the course of thePanama Canal but excluding the sea port citiesPanama City and Colon, which was exclusively administered by the U.S.A. (which appointedgovernors ) under the 18 November 1903 lease treaty, even before the canal opened (in 1914), until the return of state control on 30 September 1979, after which only the canal itself remained under the US-controlled Panama Canal Commission till 1999.
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- noun a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal
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Examples
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At the time, it was at best unclear whether anyone born in the Panama Canal Zone was a "natural born citizen" -- that is, a citizen at birth.
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Naval base in 1936 when the Panama Canal Zone was a U.S. territory.
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Naval base in 1936, when the Panama Canal Zone was a U.S. territory.
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One of many reservations he has created is the Panama Canal Zone, which is in charge of the Panama Canal Commission.
The Bird Study Book Thomas Gilbert Pearson
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For example, Theodore Roosevelt, who is described by Henry Kissinger as defining America's role in the world "completely in terms of national interest," was the first to proclaim America's "police power" in the international arena, establishing the Panama Canal Zone and occupying Cuba under its auspices.
Ty McCormick: Beyond Realism and Idealism: Explaining Obama's Shifting Middle East Policy Ty McCormick 2011
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For example, Theodore Roosevelt, who is described by Henry Kissinger as defining America's role in the world "completely in terms of national interest," was the first to proclaim America's "police power" in the international arena, establishing the Panama Canal Zone and occupying Cuba under its auspices.
Ty McCormick: Beyond Realism and Idealism: Explaining Obama's Shifting Middle East Policy Ty McCormick 2011
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For example, Theodore Roosevelt, who is described by Henry Kissinger as defining America's role in the world "completely in terms of national interest," was the first to proclaim America's "police power" in the international arena, establishing the Panama Canal Zone and occupying Cuba under its auspices.
Ty McCormick: Beyond Realism and Idealism: Explaining Obama's Shifting Middle East Policy Ty McCormick 2011
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For example, Theodore Roosevelt, who is described by Henry Kissinger as defining America's role in the world "completely in terms of national interest," was the first to proclaim America's "police power" in the international arena, establishing the Panama Canal Zone and occupying Cuba under its auspices.
Ty McCormick: Beyond Realism and Idealism: Explaining Obama's Shifting Middle East Policy Ty McCormick 2011
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For example, Theodore Roosevelt, who is described by Henry Kissinger as defining America's role in the world "completely in terms of national interest," was the first to proclaim America's "police power" in the international arena, establishing the Panama Canal Zone and occupying Cuba under its auspices.
Ty McCormick: Beyond Realism and Idealism: Explaining Obama's Shifting Middle East Policy Ty McCormick 2011
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For example, Theodore Roosevelt, who is described by Henry Kissinger as defining America's role in the world "completely in terms of national interest," was the first to proclaim America's "police power" in the international arena, establishing the Panama Canal Zone and occupying Cuba under its auspices.
Ty McCormick: Beyond Realism and Idealism: Explaining Obama's Shifting Middle East Policy Ty McCormick 2011
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