lated from the common expressions of the time, would still be thoroughly unprintable here.  This plan obviously wasn't going to work; the businesses had to be rebuilt quickly if they were to have any hope of staying solvent.  Some sort of compromise solution was needed.
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<h2>Containing the Blocks</h2>
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What they did seems bizarre, but it worked.  The merchants rebuilt their businesses right away (using stone and brick this time instead of wood), as they had to do.  In the meantime, the project to ra