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  • I think I have a chance for work in Stepney, and the sooner I start, the better chance I'll have of getting it.

    THE PEG 2010

  • In one street in Stepney the increase in only two years has been from thirteen to eighteen shillings; in another street from eleven to sixteen shillings; and in another street, from eleven to fifteen shillings; while in Whitechapel, two-room houses that recently rented for ten shillings are now costing twenty-one shillings.

    THE GHETTO 2010

  • One fell on a crowded film theatre in Stepney, burying several hundred victims among the ruins.

    Nineteen Eighty-Four 1949

  • In one street in Stepney the increase in only two years has been from $3.25 to $4.50; in another street from

    The Ghetto 1903

  • The new Tesco Metro supermarket in Stepney’s Commercial Road was targeted at the weekend when several windows were smashed and the words ‘kill Jews’ was daubed in paint.

    And the anti-semitism increases a notch Not a sheep 2009

  • The scandal made international headlines, and the two spies, Stepney and Coughlan, became household names in what came to be called Stepney-gate or, in Italy, the Spy Story.

    Inside the Scandal That Rocked the Formula One Racing World Mark Seal 2008

  • The scandal made international headlines, and the two spies, Stepney and Coughlan, became household names in what came to be called Stepney-gate or, in Italy, the Spy Story.

    Inside the Scandal That Rocked the Formula One Racing World By Mark Seal 2008

  • As strange a question as this was, I hesitated not a moment to tell him 'Stepney'; the parish in which I live when in London.

    Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1st and 5th editions) 1900

  • Not only has the show provided an avenue for these individuals who hail from lesser-known communities, such as Stepney in the hills of St Ann and Back Pasture in St Catherine, it has also elevated the professionalism and production value of locally produced shows.

    Jamaica Gleaner Online 2009

  • As strange a question as this was, I hesitated not a moment to tell him 'Stepney'; the parish in which I live when in London.

    The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 1048-1122 Omar Khayy��m 1085

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