At least eight Doric temples still stand roofless but erect in Sicily, and six others in spectacular ruins.

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He was in his bathrobe and hospital gown, he was still recovering, you know, but he held himself erect in the wheelchair.

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But warehouses take only six months to erect, so industrial REITs can quickly turn off the development pipeline.

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He had a permit to erect a five-story building, but built three additional stories illegally.

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Mr. McDonough said he voted for Mr. Christie and would vote for him again, but he said the state would only get to erect dunes or other shore-front protection projects on his land if it used eminent domain and condemned the property.

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But we thought instead of erecting trailer parks, why not erect Katrina neighborhoods, with these small cottages and then allow people the option to either purchase the cottage and add on to it, or if they choose to move out, then the government could perhaps sell it to someone else, or someone who would lease it to another family.

NPR: Law Stands in the Way of Sturdy Katrina Cottages

"For the moment, investors are seeking refuge in U.S. government bonds, and other paper currencies, but they will inevitably crumble also, and only gold will stand erect, the cynosure of shipwrecked investors, " writes Dines like an archetypal gold bug.

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The girl sat very erect and talked too much, as if she were smart, but there was a question at the end of everything she said.

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