RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Half a century ago, one of the best debate teams in the Northeast didn't come from an Ivy-clad private school - far from it. They were inmates at a Massachusetts prison. By 1966, the Norfolk Prison Debating Society boasted 144 wi

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For any parents with two children under two, this could have been a difficult moment, especially when you know that the world is watching. This is the first time that we've seen Duck and Duchess out in public with their two children. Prince George at

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On August 9, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the elimination of a major U.S. combat command as a cost-cutting measure. The Joint Forces Command employs about 6,000 people around (the US southern city of) Norfolk, Virginia. People who li

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This is certain increase in amount of ever people willing to put into constructing monuments. 270 kilometers away in Norfolk, evidence of prehistoric mining operation shows the extraordinary efforts the Neolithic people made to meet the demand for hi

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390. Plan of the Peninsular Campaign. 390.半岛战役计划 The country between the Potomac and the James was cut up by rivers, as the Rappahannock, the Mattapony, and Pamunkey, and part of it was a wilderness. 在波特马克河和詹姆斯河之间

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Virginia Town Forced to Adapt to Rising Seas 维吉尼亚镇被迫适应海平面上升 NORFOLK No one is far from the water in Norfolk, Virginia, where citizens are feeling the impact of climate change. The port city, home to the largest naval base

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In the county of Norfolk, in Eastern England, during the Middle Ages, people used to cut peat from the ground. They dried the peat in the sun, and used it as a fuel for fires. Over time, the places where people had cut the peat filled with water, to

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