"-30-" (Journalism): A traditional sign-off in newspapers, originating from telegraphic codes (like the 92 Code) meaning "end of transmission," signifying the end of a story.
There is not. Obviously I can't speak for every city in the world but any I'm familiar with either flow back to natural water sources, or to storm ponds to slowly evaporate/become ground water
I assume you're trolling but A) you either know nothing about Rommel, or don't know what ardent means, and B) you figure a country losing a war means every general they had was a bad general?
They would still be paying the tax