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From growing up in the inner city of Philadelphia to sitting on the front porch of his log home in rural Tennessee.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
10 July 2024 -
The doc sees Shakespeare and Chaucer teacher Kyle wrapping up his 50th and final year at inner city Cleveland, Ohio’s Saint Ignatius High School.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.—
Soner Cagaptay,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2024
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Lee Kuan Yew, the city’s first prime minister, launched the idea of Singapore as a garden city back in 1967.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Sep. 2022
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In June a separate group sued to try to block high-rise apartment towers along the American River near downtown Sacramento.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Jan. 2025
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Start with the stoplights Opinion: After downtown stabbings, Polis must turn his rhetoric on crime to action Business US consumer confidence dips again to start the year, according to business group U.S. consumers had been feeling increasingly confident until the past two months.—
The Denver Post,
The Denver Post,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Core city.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/core%20city. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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