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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An unincorporated community of southeast New York on western Long Island. It was the first of several low-cost, suburban housing developments built by Levitt and Sons following World War II.
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The south around Levittown is blue collar, once industrial and lately depressed.
The Moderates of 2010 Matthew Kaminski 2010
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An email from Christine (ph) in Levittown, that's in Pennsylvania: Where can I write to call to get a list of covered preventive services I no longer have to pay a co-pay for?
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He was scheduled to perform a gig this Friday night at a comedy club in Levittown, NY, and now the event will be a memorial service, TMZ reports.
Greg Giraldo Dead: Comedian Dies After Overdose Katy Hall 2010
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Thanks to Levitt & Sons 'recruitment strategies and to government-backed home loans, by 1951, close to 90 percent of the men who rented or owned property in Levittown were white World War II veterans; their modal age was 29 years old.
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
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Harry S. Truman High School in Levittown, Pa.; and Las Vegas Academy in Las Vegas, Nev.: these and many others can spend more on one show than they do on the drama teacher's annual salary.
May 2005 2005
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In 1952, the average factory worker had to work one day to earn the closing costs for a brand new home in Levittown, PA.
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At the beginning of this, there is a long blank space, another comma, and the name Levittown, New York.
A tale of two towns 2006
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Best of Frederik Pohl: The Richest Man in Levittown - Frederik Pohl
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Best Of Frederik Pohl - Frederik Pohl Blue Tyson 2008
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Meanwhile, on the East Coast, on the South shore of Long Island, in a place called Levittown another experiment in residential living proposed a different model of postwar housing.
Harris Silver: Pacific Standard Time at LACMA:The Untold Story Harris Silver 2011
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Meanwhile, on the East Coast, on the South shore of Long Island, in a place called Levittown another experiment in residential living proposed a different model of postwar housing.
Harris Silver: Pacific Standard Time at LACMA:ÂThe Untold Story Harris Silver 2011
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