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The North Face|

The cancellation of the and programs in the late 1950s, as well as the cancellation of the intercontinental program, was a blow to North American from which it never fully recovered. In 1959, North American built the first of several boosters which were used to test the escape system for the . In 1960, the new CEO decided to focus on the , and the company was the chief contractor for the and the second stage of the . However, the fire in January 1967 was partly blamed on the company. In March, it merged with Rockwell-Standard, and the merged company became known as North American Rockwell. At the same time the merger took place, the orbiter was under development. The company changed its name again to and named its aircraft division North American Aircraft Operations in 1973.|

in North Dakota started on , , when KCJB-TV (now ) in Minot began broadcasting. There are currently broadcast stations and 18 channels broadcast over North Dakota.|

Rockwell International's defense and space divisions (including the North American Aviation divisions and Rocketdyne) were sold to in December 1996. Initially called Boeing North American, these groups were integrated with Boeing's division. Rocketdyne was eventually sold by Boeing to in 2005. UTC later sold Rocketdyne to Aerojet (GenCorp) in 2013.|

North America occupies the northern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the New World, the Western hemisphere, the Americas, or simply America. North America's only land connection is to at the narrow Isthmus of Panama. (Geopolitically, all of —including the segment east of the in the isthmus—is often considered a part of North America alone.) According to some authorities, North America begins not at the Isthmus of Panama but at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, with the intervening region called Central America (or Middle America if the Caribbean is included) and resting on the Caribbean Plate. Before the Central American isthmus was raised, the region had been underwater. The islands of the West Indies delineate a submerged former land bridge, which had connected North America and via .|

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