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I lived through three days of the Chicago Commune, and the vastness of it and of the slaughter may be imagined when I say that in all that time I saw practically nothing outside the killing of the people of the abyss and the mid-air fighting between sky-scrapers.
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Before sky-scrapers shot up in the Gulf, the heart of the culture was found in the tales shared around evening fires, and perhaps that is what organisers of this week's Book World Prague jamboree had in mind in making Saudi Arabia their guest of honour.
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America seems to be such a nice place for nature lovers too.....we all back here think it's all about speed and technology with sky-scrapers lighting up the horizon.
Watery Wednesday: Weekend Hike floreta 2009
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One of my favorite shows on the History Channel is “Modern Marvels” because they will air programs of how bridges we travel across and the sky-scrapers that dot our horizon are built.
The passage of the Stimulus Bill: Words like infrastructure truly excite me 2009
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The landowners, after the Kai Tuk airport was closed and the height limit reduced, decided to tear down the young and relatively short buildings for rebuilding higher sky-scrapers.
A Demolition Frenzy 2008
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Anti-government rallies are banned, and as a police helicopter flew low between the gleaming sky-scrapers, the protesters were blasted with powerful chemicals that left victims gasping for air.
If you want to see real discrimination - go to Malaysia... GayandRight 2007
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Anti-government rallies are banned, and as a police helicopter flew low between the gleaming sky-scrapers, the protesters were blasted with powerful chemicals that left victims gasping for air.
Archive 2007-11-01 GayandRight 2007
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So many cranes, though, around St Paul's and the City - more vast sky-scrapers going up, reducing city to faceless anywhere-place...
Archive 2007-09-01 Joanna Bogle 2007
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The sky-scrapers of New York are the cathedrals of America.
Questioning New York Medieval Nicola Masciandaro 2007
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The sky-scrapers of New York are the cathedrals of America.
Archive 2007-09-01 The Medieval Club of New York 2007
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