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Once a charitable foundation bestows a grant of money to a chosen
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Between the eighth and eleventh centuries A. D., the Byzantine Empire
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Compared to the old equipment used by factory workers to assemble circ
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Last year, a certain orchard produced a record number of oranges. Will
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For several years, per capita expenditure on prescription drugs in Vor
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Aroca City currently funds its public schools through taxes on propert
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