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Question: Lured by the promise of increased federal revenues from the newly discovered gold, the United States Congress admitted California as the 31st state of the Union in 1850.

Answer: The United States Congress admitted California as the 31st state of the Union in 1850.

Question: A second, rare, application is where a highly generalized or universal assertion is being called into question, and we are able to test it through examining one instance.

Answer: A second application is a broad universal assertion being questioned, and tested through examination of one instance

Question: West said she feels a custody order should be allowed to stand for the full term of the PFA - up to 18 months - as it does in many other counties in the state.

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West said a custody order should be allowed to stand for the full term of the PFA.