While prices are not likely to stay this high forever, they're no longer expected to fall as low as they once were.

NPR: Oil Prices Likely to Stay High Next Year

Some fear that if allotment holders leave the land then it will fall into disrepair and could then be earmarked for development and lost forever.

BBC: Fears over Gateshead allotment rent rise plan

These changes can be traced to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Union, events that forever altered America's role in Europe and the world.

CNN: AllPolitics - Big Issues Confront NATO At Madrid Summit

Forever 21, the Los Angeles-based apparel retailer, signed a short-term lease for the space last fall.

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