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    eventually met a very rich man at the brothel, and married into fortune. Many years later the town of Gullen is in great despair and poverty, waiting for the arrival of millionairess Claire Zachansian. She has returned to Gullen to prove to the townspeople that justice can be bought. When Claire arrives to town she gives a great speech to all…

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    Jennifer Taylor made one of the first historical accounts in 1972 in the book Australian Architecture Since 1960 under the chapter title The rational and the Robust. Taylor traced Brutalism through Le Corbusier, The Smithsons and then America and Japan, attributing The Hale School Memorial Hall in Perth by Marshall Clifton & Anthony Brand as the first building in Australia to exhibit a brutalist sensibility. Taylor says on the one hand Brutalism in Australia was deeply based on ethical…

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    refusal of call) This story takes place in the Beautiful city of Pittsburgh where leaves glide through the breeze, birds chirp at the crack of dawn and where people walked the streets. Lived a kid named cody who goes to the new middle school North Pitt to start off his 8th grade year. Cody was getting ready for school like how he does every morning. Get dressed eat breakfast brush his teeth and get on the bus. On his way to school he was thinking I can't wait today is soccer sign-ups. When the…

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    “Welcome to New York,” was all it took for me to wake me from my four hour and a half nap. I readjusted in my seat to look out the large window that my head had just been resting only to observe grimy white subway tiles and cracked gray concrete. Quickly, I realized that we were driving through the Lincoln Tunnel that connects New Jersey to New York City. The small, hazy, yellow lights that filled the tunnel bounced off the red velour bus seats, creating strange patterns; I held my breathe,…

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    United States. Major cities were the first to be hit, with Boston in 1693, then Philadelphia in 1793, and then Memphis and the Mississippi River area in 1878. The Report of The Expedition For The Relief of Yellow-Fever Sufferers On The Lower Mississippi by U.S. War Department Lieutenant, Charles S. Hall looks at the effects of yellow fever on cities. Similarly, Deanne Nuwer, author of Plague Among The Magnolias, explains how cities along the Mississippi River reacted politically, economically,…

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    Want to know some amazing things about Stockport then look through this article. Stockport is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Manchester city center, where the River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey. The town is the largest settlement in the cosmopolitan borough of the same name. Evolution of Stockport You would like to know that from the 17th century, Stockport became a center for the hatting industry and later the silk industry. Stockport…

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    Located in a picturesque city in England’s South West, Exeter University is one of the leading lights amongst the Russel Group university’s and home to some 15,000 undergraduate students. Whilst on the surface it appears serene and middle class, on the street there is a real buzz about the place, particularly in term time. It’s a fantastic place to study and consistently ranks amongst the top 10 universities for student satisfaction in the UK. Now, heading off to university is an exciting time…

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    for the communities, it also can create revenue for the city, and want more positive outcomes. Some may differ to these outcomes and might think this is bad for the communities and thinking more of the old tradition and not more of the money it can provide for others. Old houses built in the early 1900’s could use some new-modern look to it to make it resentful for others to see and for a welcoming to the community. These improvements to the old houses can make be fixed up for the modern day…

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    named “Dartford” was made using the trunk engine, it was used in trading between London and Penzance . Although the beam engines played a more significant role in Dartford. To support this statement, according to Peter Boreham, the beam engine was in high demand, many mill owners were just waiting to get their hands on the highly powerful and efficient engine. Mill owners didn’t just want this engine for its power, but the variety of machines it could power. This represents that the beam engine…

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    Medieval Towns After the collapse of Rome, many cities lost their significance, power and weight. Because of the decrease of threats, war and invaders, people started moving outwards from the cities towards the countryside. However, this peace came to an end around 300 A.D. Threats, invaders and war were on the rise again, and people were on the move. Many farmers still living, self-sustained and happy in the countryside, started to feel this heat and the threats, and started to seek protection.…

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