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Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:00 AM

Hey, Americans can too find the U.S. on a map!

Miss Teen South Carolina flubbed her answer. But it was the question that did real damage.
By Farhad Manjoo

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  • Thursday, August 30, 2007 01:59 PM

    Word is...

    The statistic came from a question in which the people were told to label the U.S., and were given no credit if they forgot to mark Alaska and Hawaii as part of the U.S.

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