“Historians now generally regard 2018 as the year of global civilization’s sudden, untimely collapse.
There are a distinguished few, however, who believe it may have occurred up to five years later.”
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The country’s full title, “The United States of America,” being of cumbrous length and formality, may be condensed by omitting “The United States of” from the beginning, or by omitting “of America” from the end, or both.