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silvanaraihane

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cec17fcc-d05d-44a4-91ae-05c7b8a80b05/565B3440-7F9C-4678-B9F9-66299A08AB15/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smartertravel.com/travel-advice/plan-trip-around-roadside-attractions.html?id=2557361" href="http://www.smartertravel.com/travel-advice/plan-trip-around-roadside-attractions.html?id=2557361" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smartertravel.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartertravel.com/travel-advice/plan-trip-around-roadside-attractions.html?id=2557361"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.smartertravel.com/img/9BA2FACF-D56C-496D-858E-D7F3E3BD9F3B" alt="Not far from the clinking slot machines and glitzy casinos of Atlantic City sits a peaceful beast of unusual proportions known as Lucy, the Margate Elephant. This six-story structure has been wowing visitors with its size for more than 124 years. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976 as the oldest remaining example of "zoomorphic architecture" left in the United States, visitors can take a guided historical tour inside and climb to the howdah on her back for $5. 
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