For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
Trains to be displayed at the mall Dec. 24The San Juan Large Scale Model Railroad Club will display G Scale model trains from Monday to Dec. 24 at the Durango Mall.
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The Walter P. Chrysler Museum, in Auburn Hills, Mich., will be aglow for the holidays with Cars, Trees & Traditions (CTT) Saturday, Nov. 19 – Friday, Dec. 30. The exhibition opens with an adult reception on Friday evening, Nov. 18.
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Chiyo represents the increasing number of women devoted to making plastic model dioramas, a pastime that has long been considered exclusive to men.
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Plastic fantastic: Women take to model kits with gusto
Auburn Hill MI Nov 1, 2010; The Walter P. Chrysler Museum, in Auburn Hills, will be at its festive best this holiday season with its sixth annual Cars, Trees & Traditions (CTT) exhibition, Nov. 20 – Dec. 30. The exhibit is spruced up for 2010 with 18 vintage model trains.
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Cars, Trees & Traditions Adds Holiday Cheer to Walter P. Chrysler Museum Exhibits
My constant harangue against traffic and in favor of trains aside, I do own a car: a used ’97 Honda Accord with 130,000 miles on it. It’s a great car (the interior infused with cigar smoke notwithstanding), and I hope to run it into the ground.
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Talking Transportation: Keeping the Old Car Running
At the same time the United States is scaling back its goals for Afghanistan, women in the country are scaling up their own ambitions. In arenas ranging from medicine to the military, from small business to civil society, women are speaking up for themselves and tackling ever-larger aspirations.
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The urban farm -- a novel, even whimsical, idea a few years ago in Pittsburgh -- is now a movement so fully fledged that a neighborhood without one seems almost an anomaly.
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Founded by Chetna Gala Sinha, the Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank was formed with the active participation of illiterate, rural women in 1997.
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How illiterate women became entrepreneurs
MELK, Austria. May 21. At the Wachauring, that serves as a driver safety center and racetrack for Austrian series, Mini organized the first meeting between the Countryman and the media and The Auto Channel was the only NA web site here.
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Mini Becomes Maxi - First Mini Countryman Drive and Review
Johannesburg WHAT does a South African do when he has absolutely no idea what else to try? Set up a commission of inquiry, a review commission or a panel of experts.
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South Africa : Get Boring to Fix Our State-Owned Enterprises