Word: metropolises
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Clark Kent could have slipped into Peru peaceably enough, but as Superman he'd have had to make like a bird. The Education Ministry banned him and 14 other comics because "their illogical and immoral actions contribute to unsettle children's imagination." Fortunately, Lima beansprouts love him almost...
Under the disapproving gaze of two stuffed giraffes, West Germany's leaders met in 1948 at Bonn's zoological museum to draft their new constitution. Far from welcoming their decision to make Bonn West Germany's "provisional" capital, most of the university town's 100,000...
The growth of the oil and gas industry continued the trend. Numerous "struck-it-rich" oilmen moved their families to Dallas, far from the refineries of Houston and the oil derrick forests of East and West Texas. As the oilmen sought to stabilize their money, they invested in Dallas real...
Until this summer, hustling Tampa was cornering new industries and jobs at one of the fastest paces in Florida. Last week the palmy west coast metropolis was deep in economic crisis: its small businessmen moaned about the lack of business, its big stores drew slim responses from their ads, and...
As Johannesburg grew from a brawling mining camp to a vital metropolis, I. W.'s enterprises grew with it. I. W. put up $560 million worth of real estate subdivisions, introduced the chain store, cafeteria and American-style drugstore to South Africa. He gradually bought up most of South...