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    The Alliance Leadership is hastening its own demise. Robert and the team at Open have a plan to hurry things up but the Security Forces are onto it. They think. Can a vicious murder stop change in its tracks?What is a murder in the metaverse? Is it the end, or just a new phase of the project? The show goes on and events like no one has ever seen take the stage. Then what?Murder in the Metaverse ... Read more

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  • Gay and Lesbian Philadelphia

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    Series series Images of America
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  • Manayunk

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    Manayunk, the Native American word for "place where we drink," was first explored by Dutch and English surveyors in the late seventeenth century. These early explorers found the area, which expands upward from the banks of the Schuylkill River, to be quite fascinating. In later years, Manayunk's rolling hills, slanting lawns, and clusters of houses, mills, and church spires stood out and made the ... Read more

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