In the early nineteenth century steamboats came from the city of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania and from the nearby state of Delaware.

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Some helped to rid the city of troublesome invasive plants, or cared for trees at city parks and schools.

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And,it was called The City of the Big Shoulders or City of Broad Shoulders because of its importance to the nation.

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But by the end of my first year in the city, I had become an expert with the microscope.

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The Pew report said the city is in better financial health today as a result of the actions it took.

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Young adults would use paint in special cans to spray their "tag" on walls and train cars around the city.

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Shakespeare moved to London in the late fifteen eighties to be at the center of the city's busy theater life.

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But Mister Zundt says reducing air pollution and acid rain will reduce respiratory illnesses for people in the city.

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On a recent visit to China, the students had to spend several days in hotel rooms in the city of Kaili.

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The city fell. After capturing Atlanta, General Sherman fought a series of small battles with a Confederate force across northern Georgia.

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She grew up in a public housing project in the South Bronx, one of the poorest areas of the city.

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The city is more than two thousand meters above sea level, near the southern Rocky Mountains in northern New Mexico.

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Then the show moved to the Grand Ole Opry House, fourteen kilometers east of the center of the city.

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Now,Shirley Griffith and Steve Ember tell us all about Cape May as the city celebrates its four hundredth anniversary this year.

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