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  2. History of Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    In 1952, Atlanta annexed Buckhead as well as vast areas of what are now northwest, southwest, and south Atlanta, adding 82 square miles (210 km 2) and tripling its area. By doing so, 100,000 new affluent white residents were added, preserving white political power, expanding the city's property tax base, and enlarging the traditional white ...

  3. Atlanta, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Atlanta is a city in Cass County, northeastern Texas, United States. According to the 2010 U.S. census , the city had a population of 5,675, [ 4 ] which decreased to 5,433 as of 2020 . [ 5 ]

  4. Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    Atlanta and its surrounding suburbs, from Sentinel-2A satellite, 2022. Atlanta encompasses 134.0 square miles (347.1 km 2), of which 133.2 square miles (344.9 km 2) is land and 0.85 square miles (2.2 km 2) is water. [84] The city is situated in the Deep South of the southeastern United States among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

  5. Texas Tech University - Wikipedia

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    Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the flagship institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University System .

  6. History of Texas Tech University - Wikipedia

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    In 2023, Texas voters approved the creation of a new funding mechanism, the Texas University Fund. Its $3.9 billion endowment was created by combining a one-time grant from the state’s budget surplus with the National Research University Fund, interest income from the Economic Stabilization Fund, and charitable contributions. [38] Four Texas ...

  7. How did Atlanta become a top breeding ground for billion ...

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    Over the past five years, the Southeastern region, led by Atlanta, has gone from being "one of the best kept secrets" in tech, to a vibrant ecosystem teeming with a herd of the billion dollar tech ...

  8. How did the Oscar get its name? The mystery behind the ... - AOL

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    That little gold man bestowed as filmmaking's highest honor at the Academy Awards has a name. It's Oscar. Yes, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the governing body for the glitzy ...

  9. Why is Georgia vs. Georgia Tech called Clean, Old-Fashioned ...

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    It peaked during wartime in 1919, when Georgia mocked Georgia Tech fielding a team in 1917 and 1918 when many schools did not due to World War I. Georgia Tech was a military training ground.