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![[Brick by brick-- together you can build a new Afghanistan]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDEvMDEvMDEvYnJpY2stYnktYnJpY2stdG9nZXRoZXIteW91LWNhbi1idWlsZC1hLW5ldy1hZmdoYW5pc3Rhbi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/162/jpg "[Brick by brick-- together you can build a new Afghanistan]")
![[Brick by brick-- together you can build a new Afghanistan]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDEvMDEvMDEvYnJpY2stYnktYnJpY2stdG9nZXRoZXIteW91LWNhbi1idWlsZC1hLW5ldy1hZmdoYW5pc3Rhbi0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/20/webp "[Brick by brick-- together you can build a new Afghanistan]")
![[The Imperial Fez Factory which has been recently built]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWltcGVyaWFsLWZlei1mYWN0b3J5LXdoaWNoLWhhcy1iZWVuLXJlY2VudGx5LWJ1aWx0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/35/webp "[The Imperial Fez Factory which has been recently built]")
![[Panama Canal - lock construction]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvcGFuYW1hLWNhbmFsLWxvY2stY29uc3RydWN0aW9uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/33/webp "[Panama Canal - lock construction]")
![[Baron von Steuben drilling Washington's army at Valley Forge]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvYmFyb24tdm9uLXN0ZXViZW4tZHJpbGxpbmctd2FzaGluZ3RvbnMtYXJteS1hdC12YWxsZXktZm9yZ2UtZTIzOTA1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/21/webp "[Baron von Steuben drilling Washington's army at Valley Forge]")
![[Hebron attack. Great boulders on the Hebron Highway placed by Arab gangs as a means toward wrecking police and military cars]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzkvMDEvMDEvaGVicm9uLWF0dGFjay1ncmVhdC1ib3VsZGVycy1vbi10aGUtaGVicm9uLWhpZ2h3YXktcGxhY2VkLWJ5LWFyYWItZ2FuZ3MtYXMtNS02NDAuanBn/40/53/webp "[Hebron attack. Great boulders on the Hebron Highway placed by Arab gangs as a means toward wrecking police and military cars]")
![Haifa. Steel beams[?] in readiness to close harbor in case of war](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzQvMDEvMDEvaGFpZmEtc3RlZWwtYmVhbXMtaW4tcmVhZGluZXNzLXRvLWNsb3NlLWhhcmJvci1pbi1jYXNlLW9mLXdhci02NDAuanBn/40/42/webp "Haifa. Steel beams[?] in readiness to close harbor in case of war")
