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But we do not measure the safety of our drinking water by comparing it to Calcutta's, nor would we accept air quality like Beijing's.
Carl Pope: Why They Don't -- and Can't -- Get It Right Carl Pope 2011
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Shillong was a colonial town that served as a retreat from Calcutta's heat for the English and upper-class Bengalis; it was also a town to which East Bengalis, like Deb's father, moved during Partition.
The Beautiful and the Damned: Life in the New India by Siddhartha Deb – review 2011
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Think of Nelson Mandela and his 27-year prison stint or Mother Theresa in Calcutta's slums.
Charles Redfern: A Pre-fab Candidate With Pre-fab Pronouncements for a Pre-fab Country Charles Redfern 2012
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But we do not measure the safety of our drinking water by comparing it to Calcutta's, nor would we accept air quality like Beijing's.
Carl Pope: Why They Don't -- and Can't -- Get It Right Carl Pope 2011
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The nearly 100-year-old building lies on Calcutta's busy Park Street, which is lined with offices, apartments and restaurants.
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It may be the Saint of Calcutta's birthday, but it's going to be Bill Donohue's bash.
Michele Somerville: Mother Teresa's Centenary Birthday Bash: Why I'm Against It 2010
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Mother Teresa is a great example: in hindsight it seems likely that her lifetime of loving labor among Calcutta's poor caused more suffering than it alleviated, simply because she promoted antiquated dogmas about birth control and about pain itself.
Valerie Tarico: Hey Atheist -- Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is 2010
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It was with relief that I learned, by eavesdropping in Calcutta's messes and hotels, that no one seemed to have heard of the damned book, or weren't letting on if they had.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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The nearly 100-year-old building lies on Calcutta's busy Park Street, which is lined with offices, apartments and restaurants.
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The nearly 100-year-old building lies on Calcutta's busy Park Street, which is lined with offices, apartments and restaurants.
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