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Now called Calabar, the city remained an important port shipping ivory, timber, beeswax, and palm produce until 1916, when the railway terminus was opened at Port Harcourt, 145 km to the west.
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" Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a monument, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's monument.
Now the most commonly understood meaning of the term ballad, sentimental ballads, sometimes called " tear-jerkers " or " drawing-room ballads " owing to their popularity with the middle classes, had their origins in the early ‘ Tin Pan Alley ’ music industry of the later 19th century.
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Now called Maroons, they formed a sort of buffer zone between the Europeans who settled along the coast and main rivers, and the unconquered, and often hostile, Native American tribes of the inland regions.
Now we define a new property G: if x is an object in some possible world, then G ( x ) is true if and only if P ( x ) is true in that same world for all positive properties P. G is called the " God-like " property.
Now Marley is currently back where it all started, WBLS, with his radio show called Golden Era Radio.
Now if the method is called for a object and there is no such method in the class but there is an overridden method in both and, which method should be eventually called?
... " I Want You Right Now " sounds exactly ( down to the lyrics ) like a song called " I Want You " by the Troggs, a British group who came on with a similar sex-and-raw-sound image a couple of years ago ( remember " Wild Thing "?
Now that most offensive formations have only one or two running backs, the original designations do not mean as much, as the fullback is now usually a lead blocker ( technically a halfback ), while the halfback or tailback ( called such because he stands at the " tail " of the I ) lines up behind the fullback.
Hell at home in the East Village, Manhattan | East Village, 2008In 1996 Hell wrote a novel, Go Now, that was drawn largely from his own experience, and released a collection of short pieces ( poems, essays and drawings ) called Hot and Cold in 2001.
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Look at those tracks, I'm gonna drive my motorcycle up those saggy glad bags, get your sh * t together, sucking a good stiff will do you good " Despite all this, as well as the fact that Tesco Vee had performed a song called " Morrissey Must Die " about the Smiths ' self-identified asexual frontman and referred to him as a " fag ," they later contributed a cover of the song " How Soon Is Now?
Now called the General Lew Wallace Study, it has been designated a National Historic Landmark and is operated as a house museum, open to the public.
Now called the Regional Science Association International, it maintains subnational and international associations, journals, and a conference circuit ( notably in North America, continental Europe, Japan, and South Korea ).
In Slate, Sam Anderson wrote in the article " And Now for Something Completely Deficient " that though Idle " has earned a spot in Comedy Heaven for his Python days ... his jokey ' exposure ' of his own exploitation ( he has called tours ' Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python ' and ' The Greedy Bastard Tour ') is more irritating than funny.
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Now Abd al-Rahman could deal with Sulayman and the city of Zaragoza without having to fight a massive Christian army.
Sample lyrics: " Now ain't it strange that I feel like Philby / There's a stranger in my soul / I'm lost in transit in a lonesome city / I can't come in from the cold.
Now known primarily for his Emblemata, Junius moved to Haarlem in 1550, and wrote several books, acting shortly as the rector of the Latin School there, as the city physician and as historiographer of the States of Holland ( as of 1565 / 66 ).
Now ready to enter Canaan, the Israelites abandoned the idea of attacking the Canaanites head-on in Hebron, a city in the southern part of Canaan.
Now firmly in the centre of a metropolis whose population eventually reached 4. 4 million, making it the third largest city in the world after London and New York, the area was ready to take on its most celebrated role.
Now clad in the uniform of the tower guard, Pippin watches the fortunes of war unfold, while Denethor descends into madness as the hosts of Mordor press ever closer to Gondor's capital city of Minas Tirith.
Now, in the seventh year of his reign, his sister fled away from him, and built the city of Carthage in Libya.
Now in ruins, it was one of the largest structures in central Italy at the time, and was located outside the ancient city, across the road leading to Samnium.
Now home to the Colton Area Museum, in 2009 the city of Colton closed the entire library system to save money.
Now a highlight of Allegan, the one-lane bridge is used in the city logo and is considered an important part of the city.
Now, most sites are considerably smaller, some as small as 40 feet by 135 feet, with little room for gardening of fruits and vegetables, though the city maintains some large lots where an extra street has not been placed between two of the older streets, such as between some parts of Bock Street and John Hauk Street where Donnelly Avenue does not cut through.
In the early 1990s the city tried to force a woman to take down a yard sign stating " Say No to the War in the Persian Gulf, Call Congress Now " as it violated a city law.
Now, though, the city that suffered through the downturn in the wood products industry is enjoying an economic renaissance.
This tour later provided the inspiration for Queen's 1975 single " Now I'm Here ", which contains the lyrics " Down in the city, just Hoople and me.
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