For example, under the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program, Ms. Oliver was able to leave Baltimore altogether and move to Anne Arundel County, something she couldn't have done under the Moving to Opportunity initiative.

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Charlie Oliver from the Trust said only three desert wheatears had been recorded in the county in 100 years.

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The canny heroism of a wild puck or male goat who alerted villagers to the arrival of Oliver Cromwell in the 17th Century is the supposed origin of the historic three-day Puck Fair in Killorglin, County Kerry every August, allegedly Ireland's oldest.

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