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Speaking of smells, we have the organization called NOSE in the Washington suburban area which, as you may have guessed, stands for `Neighbors Organization for Stench Elimination.
Another vista spot is located on the summit of the hill on the north side of the lake, where the hauntingly beautiful Baochu Pagoda stands.
Named after the hill on which it stands and which in the Middle Ages was surrounded by a malarial swamp, the Vatican has been a papal residence for over 600 years, but a sovereign state independent of Italy only since the Lateran Treaty signed by Mussolini in 1929.
Reich's book ends as Rockefeller stands on the threshold of a new era of expansive government, the presidency beckoning in the background.
Next to the Palais-Royal stands the Banque de France, east of the garden (and landlord of most of its apartments), and the Bibliothèque Nationale (National Library), just to the north.