It looks familiar and yet hard to place - a city that's on the tip of your tongue, remaining just out of reach.

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Residents of the coastal city of Port Said, at the northern tip of the Suez Canal, pressed their general strike which entered its second week on Sunday.

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Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on the southern tip of Roosevelt Island in New York City.

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The Fulton Fish Market will be moved from its usual site near the tip of Manhattan to Hunt's Point, the city's market for fresh fruits and vegetables in the Bronx.

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The operation was ordered after Major General Robin Brims, commander of British ground forces in Iraq, decided the situation had reached "tip point" - when organised resistance in the city was about to collapse.

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If the city moves to fire the teacher, the contractor's judgment will be crucial and could tip the case.

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The top tip for the finance ministry is Antonio Palocci, the youngish former mayor of a city in Sao Paulo's farm belt, who now heads the transition team.

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But my tip as the most significant is the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standard's series of four hearings with City masters of the universe.

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The spear tip of Nokia's distribution network in China is a van that leaves every afternoon from Zhuo Zhou city in northern China's Hebei province.

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