The sense of subaquatic seclusion is momentarily disturbed with the arrival of a modern train.

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Mr Gummer says the pill would be easier to swallow if rail travellers in the east felt they had a modern and efficient train service.

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South Korea launched an active campaign on all levels -- corporate, government, education -- to train and cultivate a modern film industry.

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The trains come down the line quickly and abruptly every minute or so and they look like a more modern Docklands Light Railway (DLR) train.

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The 153-room modern lodging, connected to the airport via the regular LINK train, offers extra comfort amenities such as 100% Egyptian cotton and goose down bedding and work stations with ergonomic chairs.

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At the station a plaque commemorates the day in 1893 when the founder of modern day India, Mohandas Gandhi, was thrown off a train for travelling in the 'white-only' first class compartment.

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Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and commerce, schools and colleges to train our workers.

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The government funded the Arpanet, the grand-daddy of the modern Internet, and much of the basic research in the U.S. State-supported universities train much of the high-tech workforce.

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The new station at Syokimau is modern - it will issue passengers with electronic tickets to swipe at turnstiles and there are also large screens to give train times, he adds.

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