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The lack of Black male teachers is a big missing piece to the puzzle of improving the inner city educational system.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025 -
Helping inner cities Since the 1930s, mortgage lenders had denied predominantly Black city neighborhoods access to financing.—
Stephen Mihm,
The Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.—
Soner Cagaptay,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2024
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Lee Kuan Yew, the city’s first prime minister, launched the idea of Singapore as a garden city back in 1967.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Sep. 2022
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Traveling nonstop from Waukegan to Chicago’s Loop or downtown Milwaukee for as little as $10 while reclining in a leather seat on a luxury bus is about to become a reality this summer.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Starting with just a cached map and vehicle sensor data, the system successfully tracked the car's movements—even outperforming GPS in downtown areas with tall buildings that typically cause conventional systems to falter.—
Luis E. Romero,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Core city.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/core%20city. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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