Renting, particularly along the red line in northwest DC, is expensive.

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Then perhaps the "neon media flow that carves a delicate energy line from the DC input all the way through to the touchpad" will be enough to sell you on it.

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In the US, Amtrak set a new record as passengers across its national network grew 3.7% from October 2011 to March 2012, with more than 30 million people travelling. the Northeast Corridor line between Washington DC and Boston, which is popular among business travellers, saw an 8% rise in that same period in passenger numbers for the same period.

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But even later when my magazine reading went on line, for years in DC my go-to time-killer was to spend some time in a Borders flipping through graphic novels or books.

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Arlington was a relatively suburban part of the DC metro area until a new underground subway line was put through.

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Meanwhile, the eastern part of the country has a 600 MW DC connector to Germany and 1900 MW AC line to Sweden.

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Records show seven calls from Ms. Lewinsky's line to Ms. Currie's line on December 5, 1997, for example, and six calls the following day. 1216-DC-00000022.

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