Yet paint some yellow lines, and with a few open paths for entry and exit, drivers will happily organize themselves.

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While working on the carriages, Italian immigrants began to paint them with simple lines and decorative elements.

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At other times though we were being watched from a car that had been daubed with paint, rudimentary camouflage, like many vehicles going to the front lines were during the recent fighting.

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Residents have described painting the lines in the first place as a "little bizarre" but painting over them in black paint as "even more bizarre".

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Roads were widened, six new subway lines were opened, 4, 000 extra taxis were let loose on the road, fresh paint was slathered on buildings, truckloads of flowers were put up, city lights were upgraded and the capacity of the Hongqiao International Airport was increased by 60%.

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