When Figuerido was helping to plan an operation, he slid up to a map table surrounded by Iraqi troops (contractors who play Iraqis, and who never speak English).

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But looking at a map spread on a table I already knew.

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And according to her, the Prime Minister of Israel put on the table a map outlining a Palestinian state and how it would relate to the Israeli borders and so forth.

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Also on the table are a compass, map, knife, dark glasses and small mobile phone.

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The astronomer's table will feature a tactile map of the stars.

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At first these display table numbers, but once the train departs they show a constantly updating route map, interrupted by carefully timed bursts of music and video that match an attraction appearing alongside the train.

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The map, at least, has no historic, real-world antecedent the constellations on the table's surface are entirely her own.

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Is it going to be the U.S. sitting across a table with our EU partners, our Russian partners, our Arab League partners and looking at a fresh map?

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