San Juan's walls are full of history

Source: Quad-Cities Online

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The walls around Old San Juan are as tall as 42 feet, and imposing. They are as thick as 45 feet at the base, and 2 feet at the top. The muralla, or city wall, features two walls ...
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Thames holds a mirror to 60 years of change

Source: Guardian Unlimited

The Amazon is grander, the Congo infinitely darker, and the Mississippi much mightier, but the river Thames, which runs softly into London out of Celtic mists, remains always "sweet", in TS Eliot's words, "till I end my ...
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Campolindo repeats as NCS Division II boys volleyball champion

Source: Inside Bay Area

When head coach David Chen and assistant John Vuong took over the Campolindo High boys volleyball program five years ago and went 5-17 in the first season, they couldn't have foreseen winning back-to-back North Coast ...
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Plymouth Herald published Tout shines for in-form Service

Source: Western Morning News

BOWLS: CIVIL Service continued their good form in the Plymouth and District League Division One with a 152-82 win over Mount Gold at Milehouse after Andy Tout led his rink to a 43-17 success. Plymstock have also won ...
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East Bay high schools: Carondelet wins NCS lacrosse championship

Source: The San Jose Mercury News

carrier, often sending two or three players at the ball. Cali Castagnola scored three goals in a three-minute span in the first half to help Carondelet High take control en route to a 21-12 win over Amador Valley on ...
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NASA And Private Enterprise – OpEd

Source: Eurasia Review

Space has become an extension of the capitalist project. Not that it should surprise anybody. The market, when allowed, has a tendency to be all-consuming, and allowing the Russians the sole means of supplying ...
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Western Morning News published Impressive country house is a hidden gem

Source: This is Cornwall

Situated in an idyllic location on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, this substantial farmhouse enjoys a fabulous panoramic outlook over Maristow Nature Reserve. Dating from the mid 19th century the property was clearly des ...
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Birjees Sarwat Hussain: Today’s Elizabethans are…

Source: GulfToday.ae

Exclusive to The Gulf Today This is not a history lesson but if we were to talk about the Queen’s pending Diamond Jubilee, I’m afraid that making some reference to history cannot be avoided. The Queen’s reign has been dubbed the New Elizabethan Era ...
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Marin Memorial Day events cap full slate of weekend activities

Source: Marin Independent Journal

and local bands, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Crissy Field; displays of vintage cars and motorcycles from 1937 to the present, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Crissy Field; Crissy Field Center Future Fair with activities and demonstrations showcasing ...
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