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what was chiefly a liquor saloon business. The law brought large returns in money for city and state, the city receiving two thirds and the state one third of the net income from licenses, but it was generally conceded that this was at the expense of good morals.
RAINFALL, the falling of water in drops through the atmosphere. The word is also commonly used to mean the depth of rain collected in a suitable container during a particular interval of time.The development of the Greek city-state may be divided into four periods: (1) the period in which the foundations were laid (1000-800 B.C.); (2) growth of the city-state (800-500 B.C.); (3) the apex of city-state civilization (500-404 B.C.); and (4) decline (404-338 B. c.).
The population of the Chicago metropolitan area represents practically two thirds that of the state of Illinois. The city is the seat of Cook county, and some of the governmental functions of the city are shared with the county. At the same time the city often finds itself in political and legislative difficulties with the state government because of its unique size. There are no other large urban areas in Illinois. Chicago is 30 times more populous than the next-largest city in the state, Bockford. The result is that for political purposes Illinois is considered to be divided between the Chicago area and "down-state," which means everything outside the Chicago area.
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