The bid bridges the historic, the present and the future, celebrating and encouraging literacy and addressing the issues of illiteracy, to enable residents and guests to experience and enjoy the many forms that literacy takes.

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First, the turmoil in the region, the events in the region, present challenges as well as historic opportunities for the United States and for the people of the region.

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Nuclear weapons today present tremendous dangers, but also an historic opportunity.

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His point: By focusing on whether clerks were recruited from the courts of Republican or Democratic-appointed federal judges, writer Adam Liptak ignores the historic shift in the federal judiciary between 1975 and the present.

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These geometric forms present one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in pre-historic exploration.

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But when it envelops you in swanky urban luxury in Baltimore's historic Hotel Brexton, you will be grateful that the past is present.

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Couple that with historic home price drops and the waning value of the greenback, and U.S. luxury homes present a compelling buying opportunity to investors from abroad.

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