The architecture and infrastructure found may well have required the greatest amount of skilled labor of any construction from the same time period in the entire continent.
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Before the war, medical experts treated the body as a sum of its parts. Conditions like wound shock and brain damage called for a change in perspective.
When you imitate the speech of others, there’s a thin line between whether it’s a social asset or faux pas.