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This infrastructure-building was spectacularly successful: The last urban cholera outbreak in Western Europe occurred in 1892, and by the time World War I broke out, communicable diseases had ceased to be the leading cause of death across much of the continent.

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In Kyrgyzstan, just over the last few weeks, unprecedented levels of violence occurred between ethnic Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks.

The lowest number of combatant casualties occurred in 2003, with just 20,000 killed.

As it turns out, it occurred to Tom that a $20 helmet is a good way to protect a $100,000 graduate education.

And frankly, although I keep getting asked this, it never occurred to me that anybody would turn me down under the circumstances.

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