I. noun
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Like most interstates, it was an odd bit of space, a nar-row slot fenced by high trees.
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Now the camper-carried egg masses from the West will be passing camper-carried egg masses frorn the East on the interstates.
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On holidays and weekends, the interstates grow thick with campers from Florida, truckers from Vermont, and Bay State skiers.
II. adjective
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commerce
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That clause limits the domestic lawmaking power of Congress to issues involving interstate commerce .
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A large proportion of meat and poultry food products move in interstate commerce .
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States may regulate local incidents of interstate commerce when Congress has not occupied the field. 23.
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Hey Matt, old pal, old buddy, this stuff got stolen from us, it was moving, interstate commerce .
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Congress may forbid discrimination in public accommodations that are related to interstate commerce . 28.
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Louis, Missouri, introduced a resolution which requested a committee investigation based on the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce .
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Congress has undoubted power to redefine the distribution of power over interstate commerce .
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All have been defined by the United States Department of Agriculture for poultry products in interstate commerce .
highway
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This goal of the interstate highway system had been frustrated by varying drinking ages among the States.
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It was an interstate highway , up on stilts, that flew over the houses and through the burning air.
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Some favor the interstate highway model, with government construction, ownership, and maintenance.
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Upstairs alone, Petey could fling open everything and build an interstate highway .
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In the 1950s, we launched construction of the vast interstate highway system.
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Strategists viewed the trail as an interstate highway , a monolithic artery that could be severed.
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The Eisenhower-era interstate highway system is crumbling and buckling and full of noisy, angry trucks.
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From the interstate highway which runs nearby, nothing about this bluff looks any different from thousands of others.
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Hey Matt, old pal, old buddy, this stuff got stolen from us, it was moving, interstate commerce.
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In 1961, the New Abolitionists focused their attention on segregation in interstate transportation, particularly on passenger buses.
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It was an interstate highway, up on stilts, that flew over the houses and through the burning air.
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States may regulate local incidents of interstate commerce when Congress has not occupied the field. 23.
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Upstairs alone, Petey could fling open everything and build an interstate highway.