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Old 03-13-2007, 05:58 PM
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Default New Seven Wonders of the World

New campaign to officially declare 7 new wonders of the world.

http://www.new7wonders.com/

The Nominees:
The Acropolis, Greece
Hagia Sophia, Turkey
The Kremlin/St. Basil's, Russia
The Colosseum, Italy
Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
The Eiffel Tower, France
Stonehenge, United Kingdom
The Alhambra, Spain
The Great Wall of China, China
Kiyomizu Temple, Japan
The Sydney Opera House, Australia
Angkor, Cambodia
The Taj Mahal, India
Timbuktu, Mali
Petra, Jordan
The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
The Statue of Christ Redeemer, Brazil
The Easter Island Statues, Chile
Machu Picchu, Peru
Chichen Itza, Mexico
The Statue of Liberty, U.S.A

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How can the Acroplis be in the running? It existed when the original list was made, and didn't make the cut then. It's not like it's gotten any better with time.
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How can the Acroplis be in the running? It existed when the original list was made, and didn't make the cut then. It's not like it's gotten any better with time.
Maybe because 6 of the 7 that beat it out have been destroyed
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New campaign to officially declare 7 new wonders of the world.

http://www.new7wonders.com/

The Nominees:
The Acropolis, Greece
Hagia Sophia, Turkey
The Kremlin/St. Basil's, Russia
The Colosseum, Italy
Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
The Eiffel Tower, France
Stonehenge, United Kingdom
The Alhambra, Spain
The Great Wall of China, China
Kiyomizu Temple, Japan
The Sydney Opera House, Australia
Angkor, Cambodia
The Taj Mahal, India
Timbuktu, Mali
Petra, Jordan
The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
The Statue of Christ Redeemer, Brazil
The Easter Island Statues, Chile
Machu Picchu, Peru
Chichen Itza, Mexico
The Statue of Liberty, U.S.A

Votes? No poll coming....
I went with the most popular
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Old 03-14-2007, 12:11 AM
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Splitting at, say, 1700 AD would be cromulent.

Popular opinion is going to decide this?

Global Warming isn't on the list? Isn't that a wonder?
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Stevie Wonder
The Wonder Years
The Wonderbra
Wonder Woman
Wonder Bread
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
It's a Wonderful Life
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why seven why not more why not less why why why seven
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The Wonder Years
The Wonderbra
Wonder Woman
Wonder Bread
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
It's a Wonderful Life
No room on your list for Small Wonder???
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Nothing on the list was made in America, so...

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The Pentagon.
The (late) World Trade Center.
Las Vegas
The Interstate System
The Hoover Dam
Wal-Mart
Mt. Rushmore
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Nothing on the list was made in America, so...
No room on your list for Donald Trump's Hair???
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