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The city, which is 8 miles east of the Missouri River in the Loess Hills bluffs above the river, derives its name from Rock Creek which flows through it.
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The values and talents which made the tile and the dome, the rug, the poem and the miniature, continue in certain social institutions which rise above the ordinary life of this city, as the great buildings rise above blank walls and dirty lanes.
On Fridays, the day when many Persians relax with poetry, talk, and a samovar, people do not, it is true, stream into Chehel Sotun -- a pavilion and garden built by Shah Abbas 2, in the seventeenth century -- but they do retire into hundreds of pavilions throughout the city and up the river valley, which are smaller, more humble copies of the former.
It is remembered and has been commemorated by a bust in a park and a square in the city which was renamed Piazzo Lauro Di Bosis after the war.
The U.N.-chartered plane which was flying from the conference city of Ndola in Northern Rhodesia had been riddled with machinegun bullets last weekend and was newly repaired.
The only hope for West Berlin lies in a compromise which will bring down the wall and reunite the city.
It should be kept in mind that the ease or difficulty with which a town or city can convert to the proposed plan is directly dependent upon the financial condition of that town or city.
Inside over the first door I saw one of these, which shows Constantine offering the city to the Virgin Mary and Justinian offering the temple.
Davis commenced his remarks by an allusion to the general feeling of opposition which the meeting had encountered from many of the citizens and all the newspapers of the city.
it removes forever from the tax rolls property which should be taxed to pay for the city services.
The big factories which are relatively near the centers of our cities -- the rubber factories in Akron, Chrysler's Detroit plants, U.S. Steel's Pittsburgh works -- often began on these sites at a time when that was the edge of the city, yet close to transport ( river ), storage ( piers ) and power ( river ).
But they deny the values of the city -- the crowded, competitive, tolerant city, the `` melting pot '' which gave off so many of the most admirable American qualities.
In my view, there should be a school which offers significant vocational programs for boys within easy reach of every family in a city.
The central city areas, in other words, exhibit the two characteristics which violate the life principle of congregations of the major denominations: they have too few middle-class people ; ;
The expense of this type of organization in religious life, when one recalls the number of city churches which deteriorated beyond repair before being abandoned, raises fundamental questions about the principle of Protestant survival in a mobile society ; ;
City Controller Alexander Hemphill charged Tuesday that the bids on the Frankford Elevated repair project were rigged to the advantage of a private contracting company which had `` an inside track '' with the city.
The city paid for work on 75, of which no more than 21 were repaired, Hemphill charged.
Gladden has been an outspoken critic of the present city administration and led his union's battle against the teamsters, which began organizing city firemen in 1959.
`` When they became members of the city police narcotics unit '', Sokol said, `` they were told they would have to get to know certain areas of Chicago in which narcotics were sold and they would have to get to know people in the narcotics racket.
A startlingly high percentage do not exceed $500 annually, which includes the librarian's salary, and not even the New York Public has enough money to meet its needs -- this in the world's richest city.
A Catholic priest recently recounted how in the chapel of a large city university, following Anglican evensong, at which there was a congregation of twelve, he celebrated Mass before more than a hundred.
Sameness for the Old Man was framed in by a wall of ginkgo trees which divided these quarters from the city.
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It is said that, even at the present stage of Southern urbanization, such a city as Atlanta is not distinctly unlike Columbus or Trenton.
The thousands of city migrants who desert the farms yearly must readjust with even greater stress and tension: the sacred wilderness is gradually surrendering to suburbs and research parks and industrial areas.
Around that statue in the green park where children play and lovers walk in twos and there is a glowing view of the whole city, in that park are the rows of marble busts of Garibaldi's fallen men, the ones who one day rushed out of the Porta San Pancrazio and, under fire all the way, up the long, straight narrow lane to take, then lose the high ground of the Villa Doria Pamphili.
Falling somewhere in a category between Einstein's theory and sand fleas -- difficult to see but undeniably there, nevertheless -- is the tropical green `` city '' of Islandia, a string of offshore islands that has almost no residents, limited access and an unlimited future.
But it would greatly strengthen any Mayor's executive powers, remove the excuse in large degree that he is a captive of inaction in the Board of Estimate, increase his budget-making authority both as to expense and capital budgets, and vest in him the right to reorganize city departments in the interest of efficiency and economy.
A road block to desirable local or borough improvements, heretofore dependent on the pocketbook vote of taxpayers and hence a drag on progress, is removed by making these a charge against the whole city instead of an assessment paid by those immediately affected.
`` It's a whole lot easier '', he said, `` to increase the population of Nevada, than it is to increase the population of New York city ''.
This is our duty -- not as nurses or city employes -- but as citizens of the United States.
It is visible throughout the city, and men from Madison Ave. would jump at the chance.
If an atom bomb in 1945 could destroy an entire city surely the atomic arsenal we now have is more than adequate to fulfill any military objective required of it.
Or the city can be a graveyard monument to Western intransigence, if that is what the West wants.
The Lenin tomb is obviously adequate for double occupancy, Moscow is a crowded city, and the creed of Communism deplores waste.
Even apart from the fact that now at the age of 31 my personal life is being totally disrupted for the second time for no very compelling reason -- I cannot help looking around at the black leather jacket brigades standing idly on the street corners and in the taverns of every American city and asking myself if our society has gone mad.
Warsaw is my city, not Tel Aviv ''.
The problem for the city apartment dweller is primarily to plan the use of existing space.
One of the most delightful spots in a southern tour is the city of New Orleans.
Just after sunset is a good time to record the city lights in color since you get a `` fill-in '' light from the sky.
Even when they are finished, however, the contrast will remain, for Istanbul is the only city in the world that is built upon two continents.
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The city lies on the Golden Quadrilateral National Highway ( NH ) 8, midway between Delhi and Mumbai and is located about 400 km from Delhi and 135 km from Jaipur.
In the city the population was spread out with 27. 8 % under the age of 18, 8. 9 % from 18 to 24, 28. 0 % from 25 to 44, 19. 5 % from 45 to 64, and 15. 9 % who were 65 years of age or older.
In the city the population was spread out with 27. 8 % under the age of 18, 9. 4 % from 18 to 24, 31. 4 % from 25 to 44, 19. 3 % from 45 to 64, and 12. 1 % who were 65 years of age or older.
The Allied ground advance into Germany reached Bonn on 7 March 1945, and the US 1st Infantry Division captured the city during the battle of 8 – 9 March 1945.
* A song of fallen Jerusalem ( 7: 8 – 10 ): The first person voice continues, but now it is the city who speaks.
2: 8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men ’ s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.
In the city the population was spread out with 13. 3 % under the age of 18, 21. 2 % from 18 to 24, 38. 6 % from 25 to 44, 17. 8 % from 45 to 64, and 9. 2 % who were 65 years of age or older.
The racial makeup of the city was 91. 8 % White, 2. 2 % Black or African American, 0. 3 % Native American, 3. 4 % Asian, 0. 0 % Pacific Islander, 0. 4 % from some other race, and 1. 8 % from two or more races.
In the city the population was spread out with 20. 7 % under the age of 18, 9. 3 % from 18 to 24, 28. 0 % from 25 to 44, 28. 2 % from 45 to 64, and 13. 8 % who were 65 years of age or older.
The Council of Chalcedon was a church council held from October 8 to November 1, 451 AD, at Chalcedon ( a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor ), on the Asian side of the Bosporus, known in modern times as Istanbul.
Following the appointment of the first Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1229, the city expanded and had a population of 8, 000 by the end of the 13th century.
Commercial radio stations based in the city include 4fm ( 94. 9 MHz ), 98FM ( 98. 1 MHz ), Radio Nova 100FM ( 100. 3 MHz ), Q102 ( 102. 2 MHz ), Spin 1038 ( 103. 8 MHz ), FM104 ( 104. 4 MHz ), Phantom 105. 2 ( 105. 2 MHz ) and Sunshine 106. 8 ( 106. 8 MHz ).
The city is connected to Bundesautobahn 8 ( via Fürstenfeldbruck ) with Munich-Pasing southbound, and westbound terminating in Karlsruhe.
During his presidency, an earthquake near Ambato severely damaged the city and surrounding areas and killed approximately 8, 000 people.
In the city the population was spread out with 15. 8 % under the age of 18, 39. 3 % from 18 to 24, 22. 7 % from 25 to 44, 12. 8 % from 45 to 64, and 9. 4 % who were 65 years of age or older.
The Book of Ezra describes how he led a group of Judean exiles living in Babylon to their home city of Jerusalem ( Ezra 8. 2-14 ) where he enforced observance of the Torah and cleansed the community of mixed marriages.
In the city the population is spread out with 31. 9 % under the age of 18, 5. 7 % from 18 to 24, 34. 4 % from 25 to 44, 19. 5 % from 45 to 64, and 8. 5 % who are 65 years of age or older.
Like many other Christian writers, he also claims that heresy began with Simon Magus, a figure whom receives mention in Acts 8: 9-13 for being a magician from the city of Samaria.
The epistle was written from Ephesus ( 16: 8 ), a city on the west coast of today's Turkey, about 180 miles by sea from Corinth.
On November 9, 2003, Óscar Berger, a former mayor of Guatemala city, won the presidential election with 38. 8 % of the vote.
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