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Earvin Johnson Jr. was born in Lansing , Michigan to Earvin Sr. , a General Motors assembly worker , and Christine , a school custodian . Johnson , who had six siblings , was influenced by his parents ' strong work ethic . Johnson 's mother spent many hours after work each night cleaning their home and preparing the next day 's meals , while his father did janitorial work at a used car lot and collected garbage , all while never missing a day at General Motors . Earvin Jr. would often help his father on the garbage route , and he was teased by neighborhood children who called him " Garbage Man . "
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Approximately 32 @,@ 400 coins on which Morgan had tried to keep a higher relief were struck in January 1922 . While all were believed to have been melted , one circulated example has surfaced . Also , high relief 1922 proof dollars occasionally appear on the market and it is believed that about six to 10 of them exist . The new low @-@ relief coins , which Fraser accepted on behalf of the Commission , though under protest , were given limited production runs in Philadelphia in early February . When the results proved satisfactory , San Francisco began striking its first Peace dollars using the low @-@ relief design on February 13 , with Denver initiating production on February 21 , and Philadelphia on February 23 . The three mints together struck over 84 million pieces in 1922 .
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Kirk Baltz as Marvin Nash
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China 's first imperial dynasty was the Qin dynasty ( 221 – 206 BC ) . The Qin unified the Chinese Warring States by conquest , but their empire became unstable after the death of the first emperor Qin Shi Huangdi . Within four years , the dynasty 's authority had collapsed in the face of rebellion . Two former rebel leaders , Xiang Yu ( d . 202 BC ) of Chu and Liu Bang ( d . 195 BC ) of Han , engaged in a war to decide who would become hegemon of China , which had fissured into 18 kingdoms , each claiming allegiance to either Xiang Yu or Liu Bang . Although Xiang Yu proved to be a capable commander , Liu Bang defeated him at Battle of Gaixia ( 202 BC ) , in modern @-@ day Anhui . Liu Bang assumed the title " emperor " ( huangdi ) at the urging of his followers and is known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu ( r . 202 – 195 BC ) . Chang 'an was chosen as the new capital of the reunified empire under Han .
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For the remainder of 2 August Nelson 's ships made improvised repairs and boarded and consolidated their prizes . Culloden especially required assistance . Troubridge , having finally dragged his ship off the shoal at 02 : 00 , found that he had lost his rudder and was taking on more than 120 long tons ( 122 t ) of water an hour . Emergency repairs to the hull and fashioning a replacement rudder from a spare topmast took most of the next two days . On the morning of 3 August , Nelson sent Theseus and Leander to force the surrender of the grounded Tonnant and Timoléon . The Tonnant , its decks crowded with 1 @,@ 600 survivors from other French vessels , surrendered as the British ships approached while Timoléon was set on fire by its remaining crew who then escaped to the shore in small boats . Timoléon exploded shortly after midday , the eleventh and final French ship of the line destroyed or captured during the battle .
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In 1945 , a reconstituted Blackstone Theatre Company managed the hall until 1948 when the Shubert Brothers bought the theatre . With the rise of other forms of entertainment , such as television , attendance at live theaters declined and the Shubert Organization scaled back the Blackstone 's season from 28 weeks to as few as 14 weeks each year .
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Dade County was once covered in 186 @,@ 000 acres ( 750 km2 ) of pine rockland forests , but most of it was harvested by the lumber industry . Pineland ecosystems ( or pine rocklands ) are characterized by shallow , dry sandy loam over a limestone substrate covered almost exclusively by slash pines ( Pinus elliottii var. densa ) . Trees in this ecosystem grow in solution holes , where the soft limestone has worn away and filled with soil , allowing plants to take hold . Pinelands require regular maintenance by fire to ensure their existence . South Florida slash pines are uniquely adapted to promote fire by dropping a large amount of dried pine needles and shedding dry bark . Pine cones require heat from fires to open , allowing seeds to disperse and take hold . The trunks and roots of slash pines , however , are resistant to fire . Prescribed burns in these areas take place every three to seven years ; without regular fires , hardwood trees begin to grow in this region and pinelands become recategorized as mixed swamp forests . Most plants in the area bloom about 16 weeks after a fire . Nearly all pinelands have an understory of palm shrubs , and a diverse ground covering of wild herbs .
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You have given much , so much more to me than I have returned , but such is the Christian way . You are and always will be a real angel . Be brave and strong for my sake . I love you , Mom , from the depths of a full heart ... Don 't let this get you down . Just remember God will make everything right and that I 'll see you all again in the hereafter ... So let me implore you to keep your chin up . Be brave and strong for my sake . P.S. My insurance policy is in my bag in a small tent in Columbia . Read Thanatopsis by Bryant if you want to know how I am taking this . My faith in God is complete , so I am unafraid .
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Ion Overman as Viviana , an Argentinian receptionist who " solicits personal information in a rather startling way " . She is constantly searching for an eligible American citizen to marry in order to secure a green card . Her heavy accent is written as a source of humor on the show , which led to critics accusing the writers of reducing the character to an ethnic stereotype .
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With trains running at higher speeds throughout the route , safety at all at @-@ grade crossings needs to be considered .
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Like previous Final Fantasy installments , Final Fantasy VI consists of four basic modes of gameplay : an overworld map , town and dungeon field maps , a battle screen , and a menu screen . The overworld map is a scaled @-@ down version of the game 's fictional world , which the player uses to direct characters to various locations . As with most games in the series , the three primary means of travel across the overworld are by foot , chocobo , and airship . With a few plot @-@ driven exceptions , enemies are randomly encountered on field maps and on the overworld when traveling by foot . The menu screen is where the player makes such decisions as which characters will be in the traveling party , which equipment they wield , the magic they learn , and the configuration of the gameplay . It is also used to track experience points and levels .
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Banksia aculeata grows slowly , taking five to six years to flower from seed . Regarding its potential as an ornamental plant , Alex George observes that the flowers are brightly coloured but have a short life and are obscured by the foliage , which is quite prickly . However he considers both the new foliage and the infructescence are attractive . This species can grow in a range of soil types so long as they provide good drainage . The nominal pH range is from 5 @.@ 5 to 6 @.@ 5 . It prefers full sun , although it will grow in partly shaded situations but produce fewer flowers . It will tolerate light pruning .
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Chng Suan Tze v. Minister for Home Affairs [ 1988 ] SGCA 16 , [ 1988 ] 2 S.L.R. ( R. ) 525 , C.A. ( Singapore ) , archived from the original on 24 December 2011 .
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Memoirs of My Dead Life London : William Heinemann , 1906
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In Western Australia during summer 2006 – 2007 , DST increased electricity consumption during hotter days and decreased it during cooler days , with consumption rising 0 @.@ 6 % overall .
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This approach was used to help verify Einstein 's theory of general relativity , which adds a small effective inverse @-@ cubic perturbation to the normal Newtonian gravitational potential ,
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The European nightjar is 24 @.@ 5 – 28 cm ( 9 @.@ 6 – 11 @.@ 0 in ) long , with a 52 – 59 cm ( 20 – 23 in ) wingspan . The male weighs 51 – 101 g ( 1 @.@ 8 – 3 @.@ 6 oz ) and the female 67 – 95 g ( 2 @.@ 4 – 3 @.@ 4 oz ) . The adult of the nominate subspecies has greyish @-@ brown upperparts with dark streaking , a pale buff hindneck collar and a white moustachial line . The closed wing is grey with buff spotting , and the underparts are greyish @-@ brown , with brown barring and buff spots . The bill is blackish , the iris is dark brown and the legs and feet are brown .
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Kościuszko 's first task was building fortifications at Fort Billingsport in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , to protect the banks of the Delaware River and prevent a possible British advance up the river to Philadelphia . He initially served as a volunteer in the employ of Benjamin Franklin , but on October 18 , 1776 , Congress commissioned him a colonel of engineers in the Continental Army .
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Atangana Ntsama , the war is over . . .
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The € 50 note contains several complex security features such as watermarks , invisible ink , holograms and microprinting that document its authenticity . In January 2016 , there were about 8 @,@ 170 @,@ 123 @,@ 315 fifty euro banknotes in circulation in the eurozone . It is by far the most widely circulated denomination , compromising over 44 % of the total banknotes .
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The Tales of Ise portrays Narihira as falling in love with Fujiwara no Takaiko , a consort of Emperor Seiwa , and it is hinted that this was one of the reasons for his leaving the capital and travelling east . It has been speculated that this romantic affair with the consort of the emperor was the reason why the Sandai Jitsuroku describes his rank as going down from Junior Fifth Rank , Lower Grade to Senior Sixth Rank , Upper Grade , before again rising to Junior Fifth Rank , Upper Grade the following year . However , it has also been speculated that this may be an error in the Sandai Jitsuroku as a result of binding changing the order of events . Furthermore , Fujiwara no Takaiko reputedly had an affair with the monk Zen 'yū ( 善祐 ) , which may have formed the core of the otherwise fictional legend that she also had an affair with Narihira . Whether the affair was historical or not , the Reizei family 's commentary on The Tales of Ise speculates that Emperor Yōzei was a product of this union , and not the previous emperor .
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Bryan Douglas " Doug " Brown ( born October 20 , 1948 ) was a four @-@ star United States Army general , who retired in 2007 after four decades of military service . In his final assignment , he served as the seventh commander of U.S. Special Operations Command ( USSOCOM ) , from September 2 , 2003 until July 9 , 2007 . As USSOCOM 's commander , he was responsible for all unified special operations forces ( SOF ) , both active duty and reserve .
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The episode was written by Stephanie Gillis and directed by Mark Kirkland . American actress Jane Lynch guest starred in the episode as Roz . Showrunner Al Jean noted in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that it was easy to cast Lynch , since " she can do edge , sweetness , and a mix of both " . He further noted that the crew was happy when she agreed to take the role , and that he was " embarrassed [ the show ] didn ’ t ask her before she was so successful because she ’ s funny in everything she does . " Lynch recorded her scenes together with cast member Dan Castellaneta , who voices Homer . In an interview with the website Hollywood Outbreak , she commented that " It was pretty amazing to every once in a while look up at his face and go ' Oh my God , it 's that guy that does that voice . ' " Lynch added that she " had the best time . I would do it again and again . This is kind of very much a milestone in my career . I will point to this as a big deal . " In an interview with Fox All Access , Lynch revealed that she is a longtime fan : " Indeed I am a fan of The Simpsons . I started watching twenty years ago . I remember the first season . I remember clearly moments from the episodes and I thought it was revolutionary , the comedy of it . I really loved it . "
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The charge that Christian Science came from Quimby , not divine revelation , stemmed in part from Eddy 's use of Quimby 's manuscript ( right ) when teaching Sally Wentworth and others in 1868 – 1870 . Eddy said she had helped to fix Quimby 's unpublished work , and now stood accused of having copied her own corrections . Against this , Lyman P. Powell , one of Eddy 's biographers , wrote in 1907 that Quimby 's son held an almost identical copy , in Quimby 's wife 's handwriting , of the Quimby manuscript that Eddy had used when teaching Sally Wentworth . It was dated February 1862 , eight months before Eddy met Quimby .
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Abu Nuwar spent much of his time in exile between Syria and Egypt organizing opposition to Hussein and the monarchy , all the while maintaining his innocence in the al @-@ Zarqa incident . He returned to Jordan in 1964 after being pardoned by Hussein as part of the latter 's broader reconciliation efforts with his exiled opposition . In 1971 , Abu Nuwar was made ambassador to France and he was later appointed to the senate of Jordan 's parliament in 1989 . He died from blood cancer at a London hospital at age 66 , one year after the publication of his memoirs , A Time of Arab Decline : Memoirs of Arab Politics ( 1948 – 1964 ) .
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Following the Kosovo War in 1999 , the European Council agreed that " the Union must have the capacity for autonomous action , backed by credible military forces , the means to decide to use them , and the readiness to do so , in order to respond to international crises without prejudice to actions by NATO " . To that end , a number of efforts were made to increase the EU 's military capability , notably the Helsinki Headline Goal process . After much discussion , the most concrete result was the EU Battlegroups initiative , each of which is planned to be able to deploy quickly about 1500 personnel .
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Rosie Cavaliero – Paula Breeze ( assistant to Nebulous )
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Terron R. Moore of Ology gave the episode a slightly more positive review , writing , " " The Story Of Brenda Q " , judging by only the title , could have been a Lifetime movie in the Seth MacFarlane fashion or anything else than a typical episode of the show , but it was pretty much a typical episode of the show . " He continued , " it 's pretty much an episode where someone on the Family Guy writing staff needed a new way to get out a bunch of pent @-@ up misogyny and anger . " He gave the episode a grade of seven out of ten .
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Casting for the episode was difficult , as the production team wanted real Africans . They auditioned every one they could find , including an African theater troupe that was passing by . The role of Marcus Duff eventually went to Carl Lumbly , who was known for his role on CBS 's Cagney & Lacey . The role of Aboah went to Willie Amakye , a Ghanaian Olympic runner who had just returned to his home in Southern California from the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , Georgia . To appear albino , Amakye 's skin underwent several layers of cover @-@ up cream , layers of white powder , and a little pink powder for color . He also wore contacts for the transparent pink eyes . Amakye 's hair was dyed orange for post @-@ production special effects to change it back and forth from black and white . As revealed on his resident alien card , Aboah 's birthday is September 25 , a reference to the birthday of Gillian Anderson 's daughter .
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Executive Production – Goguito " Willy " Guadalupe , Omar Navarro
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Stela H dates to 751 , during the reign of K 'ak ' Tiliw Chan Yopaat . Its glyphs are arranged in a rare mat pattern , copied from Copán . The stela is executed in the wrap @-@ around style . A flint blade was found buried under the stela butt , buried as an offering when the stela was dedicated . The hieroglyphic inscriptions on Stela H are badly damaged .
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The Mexican War Diary of George B. McClellan ( William Starr Myers , Editor ) . Princeton : Princeton University Press , 1917 .
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In the years after the 1918 Armistice , Pankhurst continued to promote her nationalist vision of British unity . She maintained a focus on women 's empowerment , but her days of fighting with government officialdom were over . She defended the presence and reach of the British Empire : " Some talk about the Empire and Imperialism as if it were something to decry and something to be ashamed of . [ I ] t is a great thing to be the inheritors of an Empire like ours ... great in territory , great in potential wealth . ... If we can only realise and use that potential wealth we can destroy thereby poverty , we can remove and destroy ignorance . " For years she travelled around England and North America , rallying support for the British Empire and warning audiences about the dangers of Bolshevism .
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While the placement of the four solos together in the middle of the episode was questioned , the songs themselves were met with approbation : VanDerWerff called all four " really good performances " . Santana 's rendition of " Back to Black " was declared " spot on " by Futterman , and Raymund Flandez of The Wall Street Journal wrote that it was performed " with raspy sensitivity " , and went " deep into the emotional truth of the song " . Kubicek was less enthusiastic , and called it " pretty good , but nothing groundbreaking or special " , and Semigran called it " decent " . Benigno said that " Rivera 's delivery gives this song its smoldering swagger " and gave it an " A − " , and Poniewozik praised Rivera as " really impressive " .
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Entering his last season as a professional , he started with a win in the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana , part of the Vuelta a Mallorca , in late January . Two weeks later , he won the time trial in the Volta ao Algarve , ahead of Tony Martin . In early March he claimed his third early @-@ season win in the Strade Bianche – his third victory in the Tuscan race , earning him a sector of the race 's gravel roads to be named in his honour . He won the final stage of Tirreno – Adriatico , his sixth Tirreno time trial stage win , before entering Milan – San Remo .
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The relationship of Mix & Genest with Bell gave Cauer an easy path to collaboration with AT & T 's engineers at Bell Labs in the US which must have been of enormous help when Cauer embarked on a study of filter design . Bell were at the forefront of filter design at this time with the likes of George Campbell in Boston and Otto Zobel in New York making major contributions . However , it was with R. M. Foster that Cauer had much correspondence and it was his work that Cauer recognised as being of such importance . His paper , A reactance theorem , is a milestone in filter theory and inspired Cauer to generalise this approach into what has now become the field of network synthesis .
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Squidward has received positive reception from critics and fans . SpongeBob 's voice actor Tom Kenny named Squidward his favorite character on the show . He said , " He has an extra dimension where SpongeBob and Patrick 's capacity of play mystifies him , but he 's also jealous of it . When he tries to participate , he just fails utterly because he doesn 't believe in it . " Staff writer Casey Alexander said , " Squidward is the character I relate to the most . In an exaggerated way , he 's the most human character . If I knew a human like SpongeBob , I probably would react to him like Squidward does " . American singer Pharrell Williams , who says he is a fan of the show , said that " Squidward is my favorite , though . If he was a human , I would hang out with him . "
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In 1864 , Major General Samuel Jones commanded the Departments of Florida , South Carolina , and South Georgia , with his headquarters in Pensacola , Florida . His primary orders were to guard the coastal areas of these states and to destroy Union gunboats . He also destroyed all the machinery and sawmills that would be beneficial to the Union armies .
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Paul Schulze went on to operate small bakeries elsewhere under the name of Schulze and Burch Biscuit Company .
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A detachment of the British landing force then separated from the main body and seized a third battery named la Neuf , routing a force of local militia that attempted to block their advance with artillery assistance from the British squadron in the bay . The militia had come down from their garrisons in the surrounding hills and been joined by 110 French soldiers who had disembarked from Caroline , but the small French force was easily brushed aside by the British landing party . Keating and Willoughby then destroyed the guns in the first two captured batteries and stormed the remaining two fortifications , once again capturing them and using their own cannon to fire on the shipping in the harbour .
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Frise took a job at an engraving firm in Montreal in 1916 and in the midst of World War I enlisted in the military that 17 May . He had had two years previous experience with the 48th Highlanders of Canada and served at first served in the 69th Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery . He was deployed overseas that September and by November was serving in the 12th Battery at the front , where he employed his farm experience driving horses to move artillery and ammunition . At the Battle of Vimy Ridge his left hand was severely injured when an enemy shell exploded at an ammunition dump where he was delivering loads of shells . The Star reported its anxiety over the possible loss of " one of Canada ’ s most promising cartoonists " , but his drawing hand — his right — was uninjured . He was discharged after recuperating in Chelmsford , England , and arrived back in Toronto on 1 December 1917 and returned to work , first at the Star and shortly after at the Star Weekly again .
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Before the 1905 season , Chesbro announced that he had created a pitch he called the " jump ball " . He struggled in the 1905 season , registering a 19 @-@ 15 record . During the 1905 season , Chesbro was involved in the first squeeze play in baseball . At third base , Chesbro mistakenly thought he had received a steal sign from manager Clark Griffith , while Willie Keeler bunted for a hit . As Chesbro scored , Griffith made a note of the play and taught it in spring training the following season .
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Broccoli and Hunt eventually chose Lazenby after seeing him in a Fry 's Chocolate Cream advertisement . Lazenby dressed the part by sporting several sartorial Bond elements such as a Rolex Submariner wristwatch and a Savile Row suit ( ordered , but uncollected , by Connery ) , and going to Connery 's barber at the Dorchester Hotel . Broccoli noticed Lazenby as a Bond @-@ type man based on his physique and character elements , and offered him an audition . The position was consolidated when Lazenby accidentally punched a professional wrestler , who was acting as stunt coordinator , in the face , impressing Broccoli with his ability to display aggression . Lazenby was offered a contract for seven films ; however , he was convinced by his agent Ronan O 'Rahilly that the secret agent would be archaic in the liberated 1970s , and as a result he left the series after the release of On Her Majesty 's Secret Service in 1969 .
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Lyrically , " Bless Me Indeed " asks God for blessing , paralleling Jabez 's prayer in 1 Chronicles . It received a mixed to positive response from critics ; lead singer Bart Millard has since described it as one of the band 's worst songs . The song did not perform well at Christian radio , peaking at number 27 on the Radio & Records Christian AC chart , leading to initial album sales that were lower than expected .
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Tropical Storm Soudelor , known in the Philippines as Tropical Depression Gorio , was a weak tropical cyclone that produced deadly flooding in the Philippines , China and Vietnam in July 2003 . Forming out of an area of low pressure on July 9 , Soudelor failed to maintain deep convection around its center for the duration of its existence . On July 10 , the depression brushed the northern Philippines and intensified into a tropical storm on July 11 . Later that day , the storm crossed the Leizhou Peninsula . The last public advisory from the JMA was issued the following day after Soudelor made landfall in southern China .
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After This is a 2006 novel by award @-@ winning American author Alice McDermott . The novel follows a working @-@ class American family who reside on Long Island , New York and their four children , who are enduring their own experiences during the times of the sexual revolution . It is set during the mid @-@ 20th century , a time after the end of World War II , through to the presidency of Richard Nixon .
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The freeway construction required a half @-@ block of right @-@ of @-@ way on the south side of Davison Avenue and the demolition of 69 homes to accommodate the 12 – 17 feet ( 3 @.@ 7 – 5 @.@ 2 m ) of excavation along the 1 @.@ 3 @-@ mile ( 2 @.@ 1 km ) project . Another 63 homes were moved . The outbreak of World War II accelerated the construction schedule after the project was given priority due to the defense plants near the roadway . The freeway opened for traffic without a dedication ceremony at 4 : 00 p.m. on November 25 , 1942 . Travel times across Highland Park dropped from 15 minutes to around 3 – 4 minutes after the freeway opened . The roadway was the first urban , depressed freeway in the United States . The concrete for the road bed was cured underwater by flooding , creating an extremely hard and durable surface which lasted for more than 50 years ( some requiring dynamite for its eventual removal ) .
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I neither affirm nor deny the immortality of man . I see no reason for believing it , but , on the other hand , I have no means of disproving it . I have no a priori objections to the doctrine . No man who has to deal daily and hourly with nature can trouble himself about a priori difficulties . Give me such evidence as would justify me in believing in anything else , and I will believe that . Why should I not ? It is not half so wonderful as the conservation of force or the indestructibility of matter ...
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