Tradition. If it has "State" in the name it's always "Blah State U.", but if it doesn't, it could go either way. Most seem to prefer "University of Blah" Michigan Texas North Carolina Florida Georgia Illinois California Chicago Houston but some prefer "Blah U." Oklahoma Indiana Seems like those not named after a specific place are always like this Purdue Rutgers Tulane Harvard Leland Stanford Junior Northwestern Who knows why. Just seems to roll off the tongue better.
The Red River shootout refers to the annual football game between the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma traditionally played in Dallas and does not refer to any thing to do with the New York Yankees.
It's the area of land in the northwest corner of the state which juts out, giving Oklahoma the shape of a saucepan.
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A BA is a Bachelor of Arts, which is indeed a university degree.
Urothorax does not refer to urine in the lungs, but instead in the thoracic cavity itself. Most often, this is due to traumatic internal unjuries resulting from urine leaking internally.
London town may refer to a number of things. It could either refer to London itself located in the beautiful United Kingdom or the musical movie released in 1946. I personally lean toward it referring to London itself.
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The term 'petit' isn't commonly used (in the US) to refer to the court itself, but refers instead to the JURY which hears cases in that court. Trial cases are heard by Petit Juries not Grand Juries.
There are two locations. There is University of Colorado-Boulder and University of Colorado-Denver. Students at the Boulder campus refer to the school as CU.
To represent itself (such as you having a name). Also just to refer to it
The two universities are commonly known as Oxbridge.
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