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But a majority were taken to the former furniture warehouse, nicknamed the "north zoo," which is now a government building used for storage, including sandbags for the flood.

Some Jews were able to "go underground" (into hiding) with the assistance of friends, but the large majority were taken away to their deaths.

The overwhelming majority were taken from the area of western Africa stretching from present-day Senegal to Angola, where political and social organization as well as art, music, and dance were highly advanced.

Metadata in the images shows that the vast majority were taken using Apple devices.

In the North Pacific, the total reported catch by commercial whalers was 72,215 between 1910 and 1975; the majority were taken after 1947.

The majority were taken prisoner, whilst over 300,000, mostly British and French, were evacuated from the continent at Dunkirk by early June, although abandoning almost all of their equipment.

The 18 focus group participants (10 in one group, 8 in the other) were primarily Caucasian (94%), had a mean age of 63.9 years, and the majority were taking alendronate (78%).

In our study on the treatment of primary headaches in Croatia, the results have shown that less than half of patients were taking triptans, majority were taking simple analgesics and NSARs, and only 14% was ever taking any kind of prophylactic therapy [ 28].

Although small, the sample was representative of the majority of CLBP patients managed at out-patients clinics, in that there was a wide variation in age and duration of symptoms, a higher percentage were women and the majority were taking some form of prescription analgesia at the time of initial evaluation [ 27].

Yet this silent majority is taken for granted.

But of the relatively meagre grant they pay to the union each year, the vast majority is taken straight back in rent.