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Her hillside home overlooks the Susquehanna River and offers a clear view of the plant’s signature cooling towers above bare trees.

Seven of eight tower blocks in a housing in the northerly Tai Po district rapidly went up in flames on Wednesday.

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In another, Munshi stands defiantly before the entrance of a boycotted British department store, uncowed by a group of British police officers towering over her - and stylishly dressed in a sleeveless sari blouse.

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Despite his towering frame, you might not always have spotted him.

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The tower blocks were also covered in bamboo scaffolding, which is commonly used in Hong Kong.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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