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  "Ten years ago our company had two new regional office buildings built in two different regions....
• The following is taken from the editorial section of the local newspaper in Rockingham.
  "In order to save a considerable amount of money, Rockingham's century-old town hall should be torn down and replaced by the larger and more energy-efficient building that some citizens have proposed....
• The cities of East Sacunda and West Sacunda are in an earthquake-prone area.
  Since 1985 both cities have had stringent building codes requiring all new buildings to have specific features designed to prevent damage in an earthquake....
• The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Maple City newspaper.
  "Twenty years ago Pine City established strict laws designed to limit the number of new buildings that could be constructed in the city....
• ERIC S. RAYMOND: I'd like to introduce Eric Jones, a disadvantaged member of the geek community who has been forced to live in a homeless shelter.
  Eric? Come on out here and tell us about yourself....
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  This was especially the case in churches and ecclesiastical structures generally, in which the gargoyles presented a perfect rogues' gallery of local heretics and controversialists....
• Like jumping off buildings? Henri La Mothe dove 40 feet from a building in New York City into only 12.
  5 inches of water into a child's wading pool in 1974....
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• An old puzzle asks how a barometer can be used to measure the height of a building.
  Answers range from dropping the instrument from the top and measuring the time of its fall to giving it to the building's superintendent in return for a look at the plans....