To help with my research, I had a look at a map of Glasgow to see where a new line could be built.

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At the end of the process, I had a printable, or mobile-viewable, map with about a dozen locations marked as interesting, rather than a mass of undifferentiated pins on map.

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"Here I am in a nation I had never heard of, couldn't pronounce and couldn't find on a map six months ago, and my remarks are being broadcast on television throughout the country, " the general marveled.

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Election night, when the map of the US was painted with colors signifying a very close split, I had a powerful, visceral response.

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