Over tea in the club's hushed library, under a portrait of the Marquis of Donegal (commodore, 1847--48), historian and former commodore Maldwin Drummond says such snubs were dangerous in an age when yachts carried real cannons.

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Drawing momentum from the success of the library, I have started an Empower Orphans club at my high school.

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Pamela Grigg, director of the downtown library who also served on the board of the Boys and Girls Club, said the dinner was a huge deal for Cairo.

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Matt Barton, the library's curator of recorded sound, said the song was selected because of its impact on club music.

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The project includes a hotel, restaurants and shops on site as well as a private club for residents with a spa, sports facilities, a cinema, a yoga studio and a library.

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