| The Bronx The_Bronx
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| Bridge bridge is a structure built to span a valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle. Designs of bridges will vary depending on the function of the bridge and the nature of the terrain where the bridge is to be constructed. Bridge
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| Battery Park City Battery Park City is a 92 acre (0.4 km²) planned community at the southwestern tip of lower Manhattan in New York City, United States. The land upon which it stands was created on the Hudson River using 1.2 million cubic yards (917,000 m³) of dirt and rocks excavated during the construction of the World Trade Center and certain other construction projects, as well as from sand dredged from New York Harbor off Staten Island. Battery_Park_City
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| Broadway (New York City) Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City, which runs the full length of Manhattan and continues into the Bronx. It is the oldest north-south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. The name Broadway is the English literal translation of the Dutch name, Brede weg. A stretch of Broadway is famous as the pinnacle of the American theater industry. Broadway_(New_York_City)
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| Ciprofloxacin Ciprofloxacin (INN) is a synthetic chemotherapeutic agent used to treat severe and life threatening bacterial infections. Ciprofloxacin is commonly referred to as a fluoroquinolone (or quinolone) drug and is a member of the fluoroquinolone class of antibacterials. Ciprofloxacin
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| New York City/Archive 10 Talk:New_York_City/Archive_10
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| Diplomatic immunity Diplomatic immunity is a form of legal immunity and a policy held between governments, which ensures that diplomats are given safe passage and are considered not susceptible to lawsuit or prosecution under the host country's laws (although they can be expelled). Diplomatic_immunity
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| First aid Talk:First_aid
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| Graffiti Graffiti (singulargraffito; the plural is used as a mass noun) is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property. Graffiti is sometimes regarded as a form of art and other times regarded as unsightly damage or unwanted.Graffiti is any type of public markings that may appear in the forms of simple written words to elaborate wall paintings. Graffiti
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| Greater London For London as a whole, see the main article London. Greater_London
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| Greenwich Village Greenwich Village (), often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential area on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families. Greenwich Village, however, was known in the late 19th – earlier to mid 20th centuries as the bohemian capital and the birthplace of the Beat movement. Ironically, what provided the initial attractive character of the community eventually contributed to its gentrification and commercialization. Greenwich_Village
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| Jerusalem Jerusalem
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| Rudy Giuliani Rudy_Giuliani
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| Sarajevo Sarajevo is the capital city and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 304,614 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and an estimated urban area population of 421,289 people in the Sarajevo Canton . It is also the capital of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity, as well as the center of the Sarajevo Canton. Sarajevo
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| Rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks World Trade Center became the site of the greatest number of casualties and missing, due to the September 11, 2001 attacks. This region became known in the ensuing days as "ground zero". Rescue_and_recovery_effort_after_the_September_11_attacks
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| Timeline for September following the September 11 attacks All times, except where otherwise noted, in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). This is four hours (instead of five) before UTC because of daylight saving time. Timeline_for_September_following_the_September_11_attacks
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| Theodore Roosevelt Theodore D. Roosevelt (; October 27, 1858 January 6, 1919), also known as T.R., and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) as Teddy, was the 26th President of the United States. A leader of the Republican Party and of the Progressive Party, he was a Governor of New York and a professional historian, naturalist, explorer, hunter, author, and soldier. He is most famous for his personalityteddy bears are named after him. Theodore_Roosevelt
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| Vandalism Vandalism is the behaviour attributed to the Vandals, by the Romans, in respect of culture:destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or venerable. Such action includes criminal damage, defacement, graffiti and crass erection of an eyesore. Vandalism
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| William O'Dwyer William O'Dwyer (July 11, 1890 November 24, 1964) was the 100th Mayor of New York City, holding that office from 1946 to 1950.O'Dwyer was born in County Mayo, Ireland and migrated to the United States in 1910, after abandoning studies for the priesthood. He worked as a laborer, then as a New York City police officer, while studying law at night at Fordham University Law School. William_O'Dwyer
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| American Airlines Flight 587 American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300, crashed into the Belle Harbor neighborhood of Queens; a borough of New York City in New York, United States, shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport on November 12, 2001. This is the second deadliest U.S. American_Airlines_Flight_587
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| Budapest Budapest (, also or ; ; names in other languages) is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe. In 2008, Budapest had 1,702,297 inhabitants, down from a mid-1980s peak of 2.1 million. The Budapest Commuter Area (or Greater Budapest) is home to 3,271,110 people. The city covers an area of Budapest
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| Brooklyn Talk:Brooklyn
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| Wall Street Wall Street is a street in lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. It runs east from Broadway to South Street on the East River, through the historical center of the Financial District. It is the first permanent home of the New York Stock Exchange; over time Wall Street became the name of the surrounding geographic neighborhood. Wall_Street
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| Central Park Central Park is a large public, urban park in the heart of New York City and is host to approximately twenty-five million visitors each year. Central Park has been a National Historic Landmark since 1963.The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and architect Calvert Vaux. Central_Park
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| Michael Bloomberg Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is the current Mayor of New York City. He was listed as the eighth-richest American, with a net worth of US $16 billion, in the Forbes 400 on Sept. 17, 2008, making him the richest resident of New York City, ahead of David H. Michael_Bloomberg
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| Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) is a bi-state port district, established in 1921 (as the Port of New York Authority) through an interstate compact, that runs most of the regional transportation infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports, and seaports, within the New York–New Jersey Port District. This 1,500 square mile (3,900Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. The port authority is headquartered at 225 Park Avenue South in Manhattan. Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey
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| Éamon de Valera Éamon_de_Valera
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| Manhattan Manhattan is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.New York County, which has the same boundaries as the Borough of Manhattan (and which should not be confused with New York City), is the most densely populated county in the United States, with a 2008 population of 1,634,795 living in a land area of 22.96one of the wealthiest counties in the United States, with a 2005 personal income per capita above $100,000. Manhattan
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| The Bronx Talk:The_Bronx
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| Milton Berle Milton Berle (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an Emmy-winning American comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater (1948television and as such became known as Uncle Miltie and Mr. Television to millions during TV's golden age. Milton_Berle
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| Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 feet (1825East River, connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn (on Long Island). Upon completion, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world, the first steel-wire suspension bridge, and the first bridge to connect to Long Island.Originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, it was dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge in an 1867 letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and formally so named by the city government in 1915. Brooklyn_Bridge
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| Vincent R. Impellitteri Vincent Richard Impellitteri (February 4, 1900 January 29, 1987) was an American politician, who was the 101st Mayor of New York City. Vincent_R._Impellitteri
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| Putnam County, New York Putnam_County,_New_York
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| Harlem Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African-American residential, cultural, and business center. Originally a Dutch village, it was organized by a Governor and Council ordinance on March 4, 1658, whose ground breaking was on August 14, 1658, whereby it remained independent of the City of New York until 1873. Harlem
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| List of mayors of New York City The Mayor of New York City is the chief executive of the government of New York City, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of New York.This list through 1897 includes the mayors of (roughly) what is now considered Manhattan and portions of The Bronx only. The five boroughs were consolidated in 1898. See History of New York City. List_of_mayors_of_New_York_City
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| Naples Naples (, Neapolitan:Napule) in Italy, is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old. Naples is located halfway between two volcanic areas, the volcano Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, sitting on the coast by the Gulf of Naples. Naples
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| Zagreb Zagreb
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| Zoning Zoning is a device of land use regulation used by local governments in most developed countries . The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which separate one set of land uses from another. Zoning may be use-based (regulating the uses to which land may be put), or it may regulate building height, lot coverage, and similar characteristics, or some combination of these. Zoning
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| Long Island City, Queens Long Island City (often abbreviated L.I.C.) is the westernmost neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City. It is bounded on the north and west by the East River; on the east by Hazen Street, 31st Street, and New Calvary Cemetery, and on the south by Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Long_Island_City,_Queens
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| NYC Midsummer NYC_Midsummer
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| Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States of America with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929 to honor films released in 1927/28, there was no separate category for foreign language films. Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film
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| St. Albans, Queens St._Albans,_Queens
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| Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Jacqueline "Jackie" Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 John F. Kennedy, and served as First Lady during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. She was later married to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis from 1968 until his death in 1975. In later years she had a successful career as a book editor. She is remembered for her style and elegance. Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis
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| List of Puerto Ricans This list of Puerto Ricans includes people who were born in Puerto Rico, people who are of Puerto Rican ancestry, and many long-term residents and/or immigrants who have made Puerto Rico their home, and who are recognized for their life and/or work.This list should be carefully maintained, and adding or deleting a name without first discussing the change on the article's talk page is likely to be reverted. List_of_Puerto_Ricans
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| Flushing Meadows–Corona Park Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, often referred to as Flushing Meadow Park or Flushing Meadows Park, is located in the New York City borough of Queens, between the Van Wyck Expressway and Grand Central Parkway and stretching from Flushing Bay to Union Turnpike. Flushing_Meadows–Corona_Park
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| HIV/AIDS in the United States HIV/AIDS in the United States began in about 1969, when HIV likely entered the United States through a single infected immigrant from Haiti. In the early 1980s, doctors in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco began seeing young men with Kaposi's Sarcoma, a cancer usually associated with elderly men of Mediterranean ethnicity.As the knowledge that men who had sex with men were dying of an otherwise rare cancer began to spread throughout the medical communities, the syndrome began to be called by the colloquialism "gay cancer." HIV/AIDS_in_the_United_States
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| Circular saw The circular saw is a metal disc or blade with saw teeth on the edge as well as the machine that causes the disk to spin. It is a tool for cutting wood or other materials and may be hand-held or table-mounted. It can also be used to make narrow slots. Most of these saws are designed with a blade to cut wood but may also be equipped with a blade designed to cut masonry, plastic, or metal. Circular_saw
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| Chinatown, Manhattan The Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan borough of New York City ethnic enclave with a large population of Chinese immigrants, similar to Chinatown districts in other American cities. It is the second most populous Chinatown in the Western Hemisphere (after San Francisco's Chinatown), and third in area size (San Francisco, Vancouver). Chinatown,_Manhattan
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| Unisphere Unisphere, also known as the Globitron, is a 12-story high, spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth. Located in Flushing Meadows Park in the Borough of Queens, New York City, the Unisphere is one of the Borough's most iconic and enduring symbols.The Unisphere, commissioned to celebrate the beginning of the space age, was conceived and constructed as the Theme Symbol of the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair. Unisphere
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| Weehawken, New Jersey Weehawken,_New_Jersey
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