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Until 1948, Hoover Dam was the largest hydroelectric plant in the world. It’s still the most visited dam in the world, with over 7 million…
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It's time for American roads to pull their own weight. Sure, we drive on them every day, enabling us to travel to practically every part…
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KIEV-- Steal less, invest more, run a fair game and, by all means, sell off the pipeline system that Moscow has been using to keep…