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...But it’s also a reminder of the role buses have played in the battle for racial equality: Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat; the Bristol bus boycott....
...Hagenbeck sold his circus and concentrated on his last great project, a humane animal park in Hamburg where animals could roam freely, without bars....
...The distinctive lines and geometric patterns of art deco are instantly recognisable the world over, from the Park Hotel in Shanghai to the Empire State Building in New York....
...The ravishing top lot, the spider-like René Lalique bronze “Femme Ailée”, part of the Lalique stand at the 1900 Exposition Universelle, zipped past its €300,000 low estimate to make €1.2m....
...From Crystal Palace to caramel corn, international expositions are all about the newest new things in architecture, technology – and even food....
...Santander has rarely publicised the matter, but the bank has a Geneva-based fund of hedge funds (with a toe-curling website) which parks money in Dublin to avoid tax. 2....
...In contrast Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea, its adjacent theme park, attracted 25.5m visitors in 2003. The Osaka Expo in 1970 the last time Japan hosted a world fair attracted 64m guests....
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