Even so, half price is dramatic in what is still a fine neighborhood even if it lacks a view of the Park.

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The highlight should be a televised re-enactment in December of Rizal's trial in Manila's Fort Santiago and his final walk from the Intramuros district to the execution site in what is now Rizal Park.

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Rejection from editors is a walk in the park compared to what commenters sometimes have to say about your work.

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The park is thus an excellent window on what people in this part of the American heartland like.

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Volunteer caretakers, who need to be familiar with living in the bush, managing a remote reserve and knowing what to do if there is an emergency, are required to live in the park for about a month at a time, reporting on bush fires and recording data taken from cameras at the wombat watering stations.

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The only item retained by the foundation was the Cole painting, which depicts a wilderness scene in what is now Letchworth State Park in western New York.

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Greylock senior managing partner David Sze slips a few spots on the Midas List this year, busy as he is keeping the Menlo Park, Calif. firm's house in order, what with Aneel Bhusri and Reid Hoffman still very much involved in the running of Workday and LinkedIn, respectively.

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After it finishes extracting what it believes is the small bit of gold still left in the old mine, it plans to turn the land into a park.

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