It said it won't make loans without down payments and won't lend to borrowers with credit scores below 600.

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So when the rain hits it, it just floods the town down below and there hasn't been as much of a problem with that in the Dominican Republic.

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To calm the masons' nerves, Brunelleschi built a balcony of hanging scaffolding, so the men wouldn't have to stare down at the ground 80 meters below.

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