High above the Arno River, Poppi Alta is the upper section of the town of Poppi, and is crowned by the narrow, 13th-century Castello dei Conti Guidi.

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The Synergos office is on the third floor of a town house on Manhattan's Upper East Side, not far from the antique-filled brick home Dulany grew up in.

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Homeownership remained confined largely to small-town denizens and the urban upper classes.

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From the mostly white, upper-class suburb of Sandton in Johannesburg to townships like Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town, all hailed the black winger, Bryan Habana, and the heroic kicking of the white full-back, Percy Montgomery, and as one they celebrated the victory.

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Within the town, Dan and Tammy firmly belonged to the upper echelon.

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Industry heavyweights Topps and Upper Deck have tried similar initiatives during the past few years ("Topps Town, " an online competition featuring baseball card stats).

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