Industry On Parade, where are you when we need you the most?
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James Hill for The New York Times
VALUABLE TERRITORY Guards in a central square in Bishek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, which is regularly visited by Russian and American suitors.
By CLIFFORD J. LEVY
Published: July 25, 2009
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — The first high-level customers to arrive at this stop on the Silk Road in July were two of Vladimir V. Putin’s confidants. Got some land for stationing Russian troops — say, something with a nice long runway? Soon after, a senior American diplomat dropped by. Can we put the final touches on that deal to keep our own military base here? (Oh, and by the way, anything else we can do for you?)
Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous nation in Central Asia that has long been a contender for the title of most obscure former Soviet republic, has suddenly become prime real estate, like a once-homely neighborhood that all the A-listers now covet.
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Three years ago, I wrote about Kyrgyzstan.
One day, I shall manufacture a shoe named the Turbo-Akron.
“Major Metzger vanished in civilian clothes while on an off-duty shopping trip with co-workers at a department store in central Bishkek.”–New York Times
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2. Nashville-Davidson city is consolidated with Davidson County.
3. Honolulu Census Designated Place; by agreement with the State of Hawaii, the Census Bureau does not show data separately for the city of Honolulu, which is coextensive with Honolulu County.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Web: www.census.gov . For 1900–2005 population estimates, see Population of the 20 Largest U.S. Cities, 1900–2005.
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