Ruhr Valley
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He has been following a cohort of older women in the Ruhr Valley, an urban region of Germany, who are exposed to road-traffic pollution at levels similar to those in countless other communities worldwide.
From Nature ● Nov. 20, 2018
The bombs caused catastrophic flooding of the Ruhr Valley, playing a role in "almost certainly shortening the war," according to Jonathan Humbert, of J P Humbert Auctioneers.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2017
The interest rate that made sense in the Ruhr Valley, however, made much less sense in countries that were starting to see bubbles.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2016
The dams in the Ruhr Valley supplied hydroelectric power and water for steel making, and were therefore important to Hitler’s war machine.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2015
At the moment I write, coal is the storm center of controversy that ranges from the Ruhr Valley of Germany to the Welsh fields of Britain and affects the destinies of statesmen and of countries.
From An African Adventure by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
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