Places
- San, Mali
- San, Burkina Faso, a town in the Pompoï Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso
- San, Wiang Sa, a subdistrict of Wiang Sa District, Nan, Thailand
- San (river), a river in south-eastern Poland and western Ukraine, (the Celtic word (san) means river)
- IATA airport code SAN: San Diego International Airport, California
- Sydney Adventist Hospital in Australia, due to the original name "Sydney Sanitarium"
- Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, U.S., nicknamed The San by its guests
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“As Jerome expanded, its chances for the title, “the toughest little town in the West,” increased and when it was incorporated in 1899 the citizens were able to support the claim by pointing to the number of thick stone shutters on the fronts of all saloons, gambling halls, and other places of business for protection against gunfire.”
—Administration in the State of Ariz, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“There are few places outside his own play where a child can contribute to the world in which he finds himself. His world: dominated by adults who tell him what to do and when to do it—benevolent tyrants who dispense gifts to their “good” subjects and punishment to their “bad” ones, who are amused at the “cleverness” of children and annoyed by their “stupidities.””
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