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... town dwellers live in this one city . The primary factor distin- guishing the rural farmer from the town dweller is mone- tary income , since the inhabitants of the towns earn from 10 to 12 times more than those living elsewhere ...
... town dwellers live in this one city . The primary factor distin- guishing the rural farmer from the town dweller is mone- tary income , since the inhabitants of the towns earn from 10 to 12 times more than those living elsewhere ...
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... town's independence . Town seals were almost always round and often double . Many towns still possess their original matrices . The earliest in En- gland date from around 1200 , when many towns received their charters . The seal of ...
... town's independence . Town seals were almost always round and often double . Many towns still possess their original matrices . The earliest in En- gland date from around 1200 , when many towns received their charters . The seal of ...
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... town began to flour- ish following liberation from Turkish rule . A major transformation occurred after World War II and the ad- vent of a Bulgarian Communist government . The city and immediate region had become the home of some 1,000 ...
... town began to flour- ish following liberation from Turkish rule . A major transformation occurred after World War II and the ad- vent of a Bulgarian Communist government . The city and immediate region had become the home of some 1,000 ...
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