basement

As noun

a story of a building, partly or wholly underground

(in classical and Renaissance architecture) the portion of a building beneath the principal story, treated as a single compositional unit

the lowermost portion of a structure

the substructure of a columnar or arched construction

waterproofing

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a substance by which something is made waterproof

the act or process of making something waterproof

milwaukee

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a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan

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Milwaukeean,

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A former superintendent of Milwaukee schools, he is now a Distinguished Professor of Education at Marquette University

Dr

Howard Fuller's Injustice Education Campbell Brown December ,

Eleven children under the age of have been shot in the city of Milwaukee so far this year

Children Shot in Milwaukee, One in Her Grandpa's Lap Michael Daly November ,

The Orioles had won thirty-three of forty-three games, to tie Milwaukee for first place on the season's next-to-last day

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On a hot day in Milwaukee once, Palmer quietly asked the assembled admirers, "Mind if I take off my jacket?"

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It couldn't be that she was the daughter of Mrs

Schumann of Milwaukee?

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This was probably due to the fact that little is known of Milwaukee in the South

Negro Migration during the War Emmett J

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This migration to Milwaukee caused a number of difficulties

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, employment of negro labor, -

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The office is in the depot building of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway

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Milwaukee

/mɪlˈwɔːkiː/

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a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan: the largest city in the state; established as a trading post in the th century; an important industrial centre

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Largest city in Wisconsin

Note: Known for its breweries

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