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Feb 01 2010

Russians Rally Around a Falling Enclave - New York Times

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Russians Rally Around a Falling Enclave
New York Times
The Soviet government set aside the plot of land on the Moscow River as a gardening collective in the 1950s. Residents claim that Soviet-era permits, ...

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Feb 01 2010

Boonsboro town meeting briefs - The Herald-Mail

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Boonsboro town meeting briefs
The Herald-Mail
Keedysville is planning the $2.8 million water system upgrade because the town's water system dates to the early 1950s and has cast iron pipes that need to ...

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Feb 01 2010

The Big Question: Can the number of smokers in the UK be reduced to one in 10 … - Independent

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The Big Question: Can the number of smokers in the UK be reduced to one in 10 ...
Independent
Latest figures show 21 per cent of adults smoked, down from 39 per cent in 1980 and from 80 per cent (among men) in the 1950s. Over the past decade, ...

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Feb 01 2010

Census chief tries easing immigrant fears in Texas - Dallas Morning News

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Census chief tries easing immigrant fears in Texas
Dallas Morning News
Colonias — Spanish for "neighborhoods" — began appearing in Texas in the 1950s, when developers found they could sell land deemed useless for agriculture to ...

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Feb 01 2010

The Worst Corporate Failure of 2009 Revealed - Before It’s News

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The Worst Corporate Failure of 2009 Revealed
Before It's News
With the introduction of the GTO Pontiac Tempest in 1964, Detroits darling set about ushering in the era of the muscle car. Then something else happened: ...

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Feb 01 2010

CARE car show to bring classics to San Juan - OCRegister

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CARE car show to bring classics to San Juan
OCRegister
The show will feature 400 cars and trucks, including hot rods, muscle cars and antiques. Classic-rock musicians and disc-catching dogs will perform. ...

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Feb 01 2010

Rosberg encouraged by first W01 run - ITV.com

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Rosberg encouraged by first W01 run
ITV.com
The German was given the honour of completing the opening laps in the first car to run under the Mercedes-Benz banner since the 1950s, before the returning ...

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Feb 01 2010

Indy Pace Car Facts - Mustang Monthly Magazine (blog)

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Mustang Monthly Magazine (blog)
Indy Pace Car Facts
Mustang Monthly Magazine (blog)
Ford had long had a dishwater boring image because the late Robert McNamara, who was running Ford during the 1950s saw automobiles as a mode of ...

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Feb 01 2010

Holy Job Creation: Bring on High Speed Rail - Triple Pundit

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Holy Job Creation: Bring on High Speed Rail
Triple Pundit
Like Eisenhower in the 1950s, who kicked off the interstate highway system, last week's (albeit 25 years late) investment of $8 billion in high speed rail ...

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Feb 01 2010

Six Decades of Supercars - 22 of the Greatest Exotics of All-Time - MotorTrend Magazine

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Six Decades of Supercars - 22 of the Greatest Exotics of All-Time
MotorTrend Magazine
Supercars had to be more than mere sports or musclecars: They needed to go, stop, and corner. Outrageous looks helped too. And how the game has changed over ...

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