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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southwest Pennsylvania at the point where the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers forms the Ohio River. Fort Duquesne was built on the site by the French c. 1750 and fell to the British in 1758, when it was renamed Fort Pitt. The village surrounding the fort grew rapidly after the opening of the Northwest Territory. The city today is highly industrialized.
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- proper noun A city in
Pennsylvania ,USA
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh
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PITTSBURGH mdash; An upstate New York man says his family has been praying for a Pittsburgh boy after finding a note attached to a balloon ...
NY Man Discovers Message In Balloon, Urged To Pray For Sick Boy 2010
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| Reply | Permalink this was posted from pittsburgh at the post dispatch website (not by me) what is the deal with your blackout on McCain b essing joe sixpack in Pittsburgh, where Obama has all that trouble with regular guys? what is the problem with reporting this?
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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AFP) Pittsburgh is beefing up security with thousands of extra police, as anti-globalization, anti-war, anti-government and anti-poverty activists descend on it for the ...
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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AFP) Pittsburgh is beefing up security with thousands of extra police, as anti-globalization, anti-war, anti-government and anti-poverty activists descend on it for the ...
Frances Beinecke: G20 Summit Highlights Pennsylvania's Green Jobs Potential 2009
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Vivian Norris de Montaigu: Anti-Globalization Is Back! Police vs. the People and the "Pirates" 2009
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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AFP) Pittsburgh is beefing up security with thousands of extra police, as anti-globalization, anti-war, anti-government and anti-poverty activists descend on it for the ...
Danny Schechter: Welcome to Pittsburgh: What Can the G-20 Do? 2009
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MAYOR LUKE RAVENSTAHL (D), PITTSBURGH: While any young mayor can represent certainly the youth of our city, I also represent the entire population and I need to make sure that before I make a decision, my decision is based on what I think is going to be best for Pittsburgh.
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PITTSBURGH - Ashton Gibbs and Jermaine Dixon led a mid-game surge as Pittsburgh broke out of a tie late in the first half by scoring 27 of the next 32 points and improved to 28-0 all-time against its city rival.
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PITTSBURGH - Ashton Gibbs and Jermaine Dixon led a mid-game surge as Pittsburgh broke out of a tie late in the first half by scoring 27 of the next 32 points and improved to 28-0 all-time against its city rival.
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PITTSBURGH - Ashton Gibbs and Jermaine Dixon led a mid-game surge as Pittsburgh broke out of a tie late in the first half by scoring 27 of the next 32 points and improved to 28-0 all-time against its city rival.
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