The authority said razing the building would lead to opportunities to develop a site nearby.

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It led to the razing of the city by the Nazis in a last act of revenge.

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It must provide ways for tropical countries to develop growth strategies that do not involve razing forest.

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Some councils are already doing exactly that last year, Newcastle pulled down 700 houses and Manchester is razing 1, 000 houses a year.

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The island has an active volcano, Mount Pelee, which erupted in 1902, razing the town of Saint-Pierre and killing its 30, 000 residents.

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Ironically, Belo Monte is a project shaped by the lessons of the past, drawn and redrawn to cull the power of the forests without razing them.

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It was closer to a razing and rebuilding.

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Opened in March, this former marine police station turned petite hotel is a rare example of Hong Kong preserving and repurposing a historic structure rather than razing it to build as big and as modern as possible.

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And three years ago, after quietly buying up an adjoining neighborhood and razing the houses, Augusta National moved much of the parking there and built an astonishing, 18-acre (7-hectare) practice facility on the former parking site near the clubhouse.

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