New York is going to have to battle L.A., for the top spot on that one.

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The evocation of the horror of the sudden destruction of the French flagship L'Orient at the Battle of the Nile is particularly well done.

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The battle is getting fierce in L.A. The Angels landed Albert Pujols and brought up Mike Trout.

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Enter tree lover Peter L. Malkin, a real-estate heavyweight perhaps best known for his lengthy battle with Leona Helmsley over control of the Empire State Building.

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