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1 The ‘ mad summer ’ of 1874 saw some 2,000–3,000 young radicals leave the cities and ‘ go to the people ’ .
2 The inter-censal decade 1961–71 saw some very heavy losses : Liverpool recorded a population loss of 18.2 per cent of its population in the 1960s , Manchester 17.9 per cent , Newcastle upon Tyne 17.6 per cent and Birmingham 8.6 per cent — much higher than the losses of the 1950s .
3 The 1970s saw some highly productive ‘ urban ’ work using a Weberian perspective , Pahl providing the main stimulus for this approach .
4 The 1960s saw some hectic Australian searching for a music that was ‘ ours ’ , not ‘ theirs ’ .
5 Although there was still no sign of the Central Committee meeting on the national question , the autumn of 1988 and early months of 1989 saw some elements of a rather different nationalities policy begin to acquire form .
6 The ‘ great rebuilding ’ which affected most of England between 1540 and 1640 saw some of its finest manifestations in the county , as a wealthy and more educated secular leadership diverted funds and investment from religious ends to their own grandeur .
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