Many of these spots are in places like Columbia Heights (where Meridian Pint is located), the U Street Corridor, Logan Circle and the area around the convention centre, once ignored by highly-educated professionals who demand good food, nightlife, arts and all the other things that make city life worth living.

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In Navevo's case the data will be used to flash a warning symbol on its sat-nav maps when a driver approaches a "warning zone" with a 50m (164ft) radius circle drawn around the area.

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His family said he was well-known around the area and had a big circle of friends who were "absolutely devastated" by his sudden death.

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The upper circle would still be used as a viewing area and there would also be room for a small screen for films to be shown Mr Robins added.

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The question then is how does Germany, whose leader declared in June along with other euro-area leaders that "it is imperative to break the vicious circle between banks and sovereigns, " propose to break that circle?

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France is a country with many obvious problems, but in the area of food, it has excelled in creating a virtuous circle of people who love making food and people who appreciate food that is well made.

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When I would walk outside on a winter's day in Fairbanks, a mere 125 miles from the Arctic Circle, I would divert my breath up to my eyes (the only exposed area of my body) to keep them from freezing shut.

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