Section 6 Cities, Towns and Villages 1A city is really just a large town. 2A town is just a large village. 3A small village without any shops is called a hamlet. 4A hamlet may have only a few houses.

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Mass School Shootings Mostly in Small US Towns In the United States, mass school shootings are most likely to happen in small towns and suburban areas. One example is the shooting last week at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas. Ten people died in the

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As U.S. lawmakers grappled over a $700 billion dollar bank bailout plan, one of the nation's largest banks - Washington Mutual Incorporated - collapsed under the weight of its enormous bad bets on the U.S. mortgage market. From Washington, VOA's Pur

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, a new TV series about second chances starring an actor who knows a little bit about them. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, THE LAST O.G.) TRACY MORGAN: (As Tray) Second chances are a beautiful thing. When I went away, my nei

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some researchers think they've found a way for rural towns to manage an almost universal problem. Many rural American towns face depopulation. They've been declining in population for decades. Some hope for big turnarounds that w

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Shirley: Actually my home town, its called Culcairn, its famous for a man called mad Dan Morgan. And, he was a friend of Ned Kelleys and he lived in an area of my home town which is a very flat area, but theres one small hill and if you go to the top

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