Lawrence decided to attack from the east instead, coming at the city from the unprotected desert, and to do that he led his men on an audacious, six-hundred-mile loop up from the Hejaz, north into the Syrian desert, and then back down toward Aqaba.

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And the actual returns on the investment in several projects, including a 10-mile streetcar loop, were far from clear.

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The tunnel will also create a 13-mile (21km) loop between Bath and Midford via the canal towpath in the city.

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Backtrack and drive up Steens Loop Road to the mountain's eastern rim, which drops off in a mile-high rock cliff.

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