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Astoria

/ əˈstɔːrɪə /

noun

  1. a port in NW Oregon, near the mouth of the Columbia River: founded as a fur-trading post in 1811 by John Jacob Astor. Pop: 9660 (2003 est)


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That was on a set at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, and it was a hundred percent scripted.

Jim Campbell: Rhythms of Perception is on display at the Museum of Moving Image in Astoria until June 15.

So he arranged a sit-down with Ailes and his boss, Rupert Murdoch, in a private room at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.

M42 connects to a secret underground platform at the Waldorf Astoria.

In fact, he first examined Vajpayee at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.

Near Astoria, and along the river, several claims have been taken, and commencements made at improving.

As we ascend, Astoria occupies probably the first suitable site for a town.

Several weeks afterwards the body of a man was found upon the shore, a short distance above Astoria.

In 1856 a town government was established, while twenty years later Astoria was incorporated as a city.

He married a native woman, and his portion of the early town was known as McClure's Astoria.

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