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Many urban legends are essentially extended jokes, told as if they were true events.
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Many rural and urban women also transform some foodcrops into alcoholic drinks such as sorghum beer or hard liquor and derive considerable income from the sale of these drinks.
Many politicians relied on intimidated or loyal peasant voters in the countryside, even though the population was becoming increasingly urban.
Many of the skills involved in caving can also be put to use in mine exploration and urban exploration.
" Many of the viral emails circulating the Internet, however, are hoaxes and urban legends.
Many of the smaller buildings from this time are typical Scanian: two story urban houses that show a strong Danish influence.
Many Native Americans have become urbanized to survive, moving to urban centers in the states where their reservations are, or out of state.
Many urban dwellers ' shelves were stocked with contraband luxury items.
Many urban areas still have a high rate of children in poverty.
Many early Pink Floyd songs such as " See Emily Play " ( played with a Zippo lighter for a slide ), feature Syd Barrett's slide guitar performances, reflecting the band's original Chicago urban blues repertoire from musicians such as Bo Diddley and Slim Harpo.
Many large towns and villages within the county have merged with the city, due to urban sprawl, so they can be viewed as suburbs of Tirana.
Many urban legends are framed as complete stories with plot and characters.
Many urban legends depict horrific crimes, contaminated foods or other situations which would affect many people.
Many, but not all, of the activities associated with urban exploration could violate local or regional laws and certain broadly-interpreted anti-terrorism laws or be considered trespassing or invasion of privacy.
Many restaurants now exist, however, that specialize in Japanese-style ramen, especially in major urban areas with large demand for Asian cuisine.
Many fires near urban areas are caused by arson, and thus the frequency is often much higher than fires would have been prior to human habitation.
Many Māori served in the Second World War and learned how to cope in the modern urban world ; others moved from their rural homes to the cities to take up jobs vacated by Pākehā servicemen.
Many stories were based on urban life and culture ; guidebooks were also popular ; and all in all had a commercial nature and were widely available.
Many urban planners, therefore, advocate sustainable cities.
Many favor the term New Urbanism — which invokes a new, but traditional way of looking at urban planning.
Many people connected with the film met unfortunate fates after the film wrapped, giving rise to an urban legend that Incubus was a cursed production:
Many wealthy merchants and leading urban notables from Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem fled to Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan, while the middle class tended to move to all-Arab towns such as Nābulus and Nazareth.
Many see the breakdown of traditional forms of community, wasteful consumerist lifestyles, the destruction of natural habitat, urban sprawl, factory farming, and over-reliance on fossil fuels, as trends that must be changed to avert ecological disaster.
Many advocates also seek independence from existing infrastructures, although others, particularly in more urban settings, pursue more integration with existing infrastructure.
Many architecture, landscape and planning programs incorporate urban design theory and design subjects into their curricula and there are an increasing number of university programs offering degrees in urban design, usually at post-graduate level.
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In the book of " Ainu life and legends " by author Kyōsuke Kindaichi ( published by the Japanese Tourist Board in 1942 ) contains the physical description of Ainu: Many have wavy hair, but some straight black hair.
Many legends have grown around the figure of David.
Many of these legends are apparently built on earlier ones.
Many epic heroes are recurring characters in the legends of their native culture.
Many of the Templar legends are connected with the Order's early occupation of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and speculation about what relics the Templars may have found there, such as the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant.
Many legends describe Hideyoshi being sent to study at a temple as a young man, but he rejected temple life and went in search of adventure.
Many authors have speculated that werewolf legends may have been used to explain serial killings.
Many folk stories and legends about Ní Mháille have survived since her actual days of pirating and trading.
Many legends and conjectures have grown up around the notion that the young, unhappily married Wyatt fell in love with the young Anne Boleyn in the early-to-mid 1520s.
Many legends have been told to explain the formation of the naupaka's unique half flowers.
Many other legends abound about the small " Living Ghost Town.
Many legends made him a nephew of Charlemagne ( whether or not this was true is unknown ), and turned his life into an epic tale of the noble Christian killed by Islamic forces, which forms part of the medieval Matter of France.
Gerald, a constant supporter of royal authority, in his account of the discovery clearly aims to destroy the idea of the possibility of King's Arthur's messianic return: " Many tales are told and many legends have been invented about King Arthur and his mysterious ending.
Many legends exist regarding the birth of this custom, some of them dating back to the 7th-century times of Khan Kubrat, the ruler of Old Great Bulgaria.
Many cultures have legends as to the origins of feltmaking.
Many of the current legends that characterise Saint Valentine were invented in the fourteenth century in England, notably by Geoffrey Chaucer and his circle, when the feast day of February 14 first became associated with romantic love.
Many cultures have drawn constellations between stars in the sky, using them in association with legends and mythology about their deities.
Many great jazz legends were presented, like Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz.
Many episodes involve urban legends, often told by Arnold's best friend, Gerald.
Many local legends and traditions are based on this.
Many myths, legends and fairy tales make use of this motif as a central element of narratives that are designed to illustrate inexorable fate, fundamental to the Hellenic world-view.
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