The town government eschewed high-rise development, but allowed a few boutique properties such as Playa Vik to open.
The country had (and has) space to spare, which is why the ribbon of low-rise development is the rule and the skyscraper the exception.
In Milan, we shared an update this week on Bosco Verticale, a new high-rise development that will feature the world's first vertical forest with large trees growing from the balconies.
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Fifty more nearby residential towers are envisioned, along with a low-rise residential development, the world's largest marina, the world's largest mall and the world's largest fountain.
But on the whole, they are struggling to increase their output, owing to shortages of engineers and equipment, and to the concomitant rise in development costs.
"The no-girls-allowed rule keeps women from accessing that power where they can conduct business and rise in professional development and create their own power networks, " said Veronica Arreola, assistant director of the Center for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
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Stronger equity markets in turn gave rise to the dramatic development of the U.S. capital markets.
Louis high-rise public-housing development that went from Great Urban Hope to international disgrace, is an engulfing real-life horror story as well as a testimony to the dominance of the image in American public discourse.
And as I said, our view here is that it's quite important for our interest and it's important for the interest of this region for the United States to put the resources in place, to continue to provide what it's provided for the last 60-plus years, which is the foundation, the platform on which you've seen this tremendous rise in economies here and social development.
But, one interesting development has been the slow rise, after centuries of vacuum, of private universities.
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The Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development says that number will rise to 65% within three years.
Not every VC believes in this strategy, and full-blown biotech companies are still being funded today, but the project-focused virtual development model is on the rise.
And it comes at a time when demand is growing from factors such as the ageing population, development of new treatments and rise in conditions such as diabetes and heart disease.
Mr. Obama offered a bleak picture of the plan's impact, were it to become law, saying it would gut education and research-and-development programs, cause a rise in crime and increase health-care costs.
An example is Turkey, which was bound closely to America when its generals were running the show, but which has become a more awkward ally since the rise of the moderately Islamist Justice and Development (AK) Party.
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The rise of U.S. research and development is merely a special case of a more general phenomenon.
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He helped navigate the program through the disappearance of development-sector jobs and the rise of the foreclosure industry.
All of these programs in development and on the air give rise to over-the-top characters and issues that make Snooki look like a librarian.
The rise of mobile broadband has been a transformative development.
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The records also reveal much about the changing social fabric of Scotland - including the growth in women owning property and running businesses, the rise in sports and recreation clubs, the development of music halls and theatres and the expansion of railway hotels.
Should these events be adjudicated to be treatment-related, the ongoing development and regulatory risks for the program rise dramatically, in our view.
Caribbean faces unique challenges in coping with the climate change, sea-level rise, natural disasters, alleviation of poverty and sustainable development.
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While this is still below the general conscription rate of 75% among male 18-year-olds, the rapid rise in ultra-Orthodox military service is a revolutionary development for the sector.
There is exceptional focus right now on young children's development, in part because of the rapid rise in autism diagnoses, now at 1 in 88 U.S. children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Now the Market Rules The parallel development, in the business world, is the rise of consumer power.
Another major factor in the development of Scottish coaches and managers has been the rise in prominence of the Scottish national training center in Largs, on the Ayrshire coast.
Next month, the United Nations will hold what is expected to be the largest ever gathering of leaders to discuss sustainable development at a time when inequality is on the rise from the U.S. to China.
His response: Increase research-and-development spending 37% in a year when revenue will rise only 14%.
His response: Increase research-and-development spending 37% in a year when revenue will rise just 14%.
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