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  Washington, DC Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Washington is surrounded by the states of Virginia (on its southwest side, and a small part of its northwest one) and Maryland (on its southeast and northeast sides, and most of its northwest one); it interrupts those states' common border, which is the Potomac River both upstream and downstream from the District.
Washington Metro area is home to several professional sports teams: the MLS D.C. United, the NHL Washington Capitals, the NBA Washington Wizards, the WNBA Washington Mystics, the MLB Washington Nationals, and the NFL Washington Redskins (now based at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland).
The George Washington University, founded by an act of Congress in 1821, is the largest institution of higher education in the national's capital with its main campus in Foggy Bottom and its Mount Vernon campus in the Foxhall neighborhood of Northwest Washington.
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 Washington, DC - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Washington, DC, officially the District of Columbia (also known as DC; Washington; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United States of America.
The population of Washington, as of 2003 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, is 563,384.
The flag of Washington, DC is based on the coat of arms borne by the English ancestors of George Washington.
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 Encyclopedia: The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...
The southwest side of the Pentagon; view to the north across I-395 and beyond the trees of Arlington Cemetery to the skyscrapers of Rosslyn in the northeast corner of Arlington County.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/The-Pentagon   (2541 words)

  
 Washington, DC - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Washington, DC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It was named Washington, DC, to distinguish it from Washington state, and because it is coextensive with the District of Columbia, hence DC; population (2000 est) 572,100; metropolitan area extending outside the District of Columbia (2000 est) 7,608,100.
Its location on the Maryland–Virginia border, near the head of navigation on the Potomac River, was selected by George Washington as being midway between the main regional groupings of north and south, and accessible by sea.
Washington, DC was planned from the first as a great capital worthy of a new nation, although the population of the USA in the 1790s was small and the new federal regime virtually bankrupt.
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 Washington Metro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Washington Metro is the public transportation system of Washington DC and adjoining regions of Maryland and Virginia.
In the WMATAs terminology, both the Metrorail (metro) and Metrobus (bus) services are considered part of Metro, however, in common parlance, the expression Washington metro refers to Metrorail exclusively.
Baltimore-Washington International Airport is served by express bus from Greenbelt (Washington Metro), and by rail from Union Station (Washington, DC) by MARC and Amtrak.
read-and-go.hopto.org /Transportation-in-Washington-DC/Washington-Metro.html   (1200 words)

  
 Pentagon City (Washington Metro) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pentagon City is a Washington Metro station in the Pentagon City neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia on the Blue and Yellow Lines.
Additionally, an abandoned pedestrian tunnel exists beyond a set of glass doors off of the station mezzanine, which leads to the northeast side of the intersection of 12th and Hayes Streets.
This article pertaining to the Washington Metro is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pentagon_City_(Washington_Metro)   (199 words)

  
 Washington_Metro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Washington Metro is the public transportation system of Washington, D.C., and neighboring suburban communities in Maryland and Virginia, both inside and outside the Beltway.
It is owned and operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), a multijurisdictional agency funded by the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.
Officially, both the Metrorail (metro) and Metrobus (bus) services are considered part of the Washington Metro; however, the expression "Washington metro" usually refers to Metrorail exclusively.
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 washingtonpost.com
The Pentagon has asked that all Navy and Marine personnel who were in the building at the time of the attack to call in to a toll-free number so that the services can put together a roster.
Ervin Brown, who works at the Pentagon, said he saw pieces of what appeared to be small aircraft on the ground, and the part of the building by the heliport had collapsed.
Her husband was taking a tour of the Pentagon as part of a class he was taking as a civilian for the Navy.
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 Pentagon To Move Metro Bus Station
The Department of Defense says it will move Metro's Pentagon bus station, the Washington region's largest bus-to-rail transfer point, because it is an inviting target for terrorists just 12 yards from the nation's military headquarters.
Metro officials said that if the Pentagon moves the bus plaza, which handles 34,000 trips a day, it should build a $35 million replacement that can provide for growth.
Metro officials said their only hope is political pressure, and they have begun lobbying the region's congressional delegation.
www.commuterpage.com /articles/pentagon1.htm   (982 words)

  
 United States Senator Dianne Feinstein
Washington has a subway system, called Metro, which can take you to all of Washington's major tourist attractions, the Pentagon and even National Airport, for a very reasonable fare.
Metro opens at 5:30 am on weekdays, 8:00 am on weekends, and runs until 12 midnight.
Trains arrive in each Metro station every five minutes during rush hour (weekdays, 6:00 am to 9:30 am and 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm), and every ten minutes the rest of the day.
www.senate.gov /~feinstein/dc_metro.html   (111 words)

  
 Washington, D.C.
The Washington, DC Metrorail system is a regional rapid transit system consisting of five lines, 83 stations and approximately 103 miles of track.
The Metro "M" is shown at the top; and just beneath the "M" there is a colored stripe (or combination of colored stripes) that indicates which line (or lines) serves the station.
When the Metro system was in the planning stages, they wanted to include a route to Georgetown, but the residents of the affluent neighborhood thought the subway would bring crime and would be seedy, not the technological marvel that it became.
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 Coming to a Curve
Metro is carrying about 600,000 passengers a day on its trains and 500,000 on buses, making it the nation's second-busiest transit system behind New York's.
Metro is the reason some places, like Bethesda or the stretch between Rosslyn and Ballston in Arlington, have seen thriving "urban villages" sprout up around their stations while other spots, such as Rhode Island Avenue in the District or Addison Road in Prince George's, have stations that are relatively isolated and undeveloped.
Metro was one of the first transit agencies in the country to sell or lease land it owns near stations.
www.sierraclub.org /dc/sprawl/sprawl/coming.htm   (2571 words)

  
 At Year's End, Signs Of Dictatorship Abound In Washington
Across Constitution Avenue, the Washington Monument is surrounded by an 8-foot wall, reminiscent of the one that used to divide Berlin and the one now being built to bifurcate the West Bank.
Drivers and passengers who drive past the Pentagon on Virginia state highways are confronted by menacing Humvees with their high caliber machine guns pointed at the traffic.
One security expert has reported that Washington, DC, Metro Police have sometimes been instructed to turn on their sirens for no reason because police in Israel discovered that sirens are a psychological deterrent to would-be terrorists.
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The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.
The central plaza in the Pentagon is the largest "no-salute, no-cover" area (where hats need not be worn and salutes are not required) in the world.
Washington Metro station is also located at the Pentagon, on the
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/The_Pentagon   (470 words)

  
 Washington D.C. Field Trip
A report by Oren H. The second Washington, DC SubTalk trip will probably be remembered for its numerous delays, missed connections, and other minor mishaps, but it will also be remembered by those who went as it being a great time for all and a chance to meet the faces behind the handles.
At the Metro, those who did not have day passes bought them and we proceeded to the platform to wait for the train.
After lunch, we boarded the Metro again by using the longest escalator in the system and the second longest in the Western Hemisphere.
world.nycsubway.org /us/washdc/fieldtrip.html   (2527 words)

  
 Washington DC Metrorail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which also operates a network of buses.
[picture] The Pentagon station has an interesting split-level layout, with the two tracks on different levels in the same vault.
[picture] Here is a train on the upper level of the Pentagon station, in a view which also looks down onto the lower level.
web.presby.edu /~jtbell/transit/Washington/Metro   (901 words)

  
 Metroactive News & Issues | Middle Grounded
A Nobel Peace Prize winner, retired military officers, Vietnam veterans, former intelligence agents, scholars, celebrated leakers of Pentagon Papers--one by one they laid out their arguments in the language and environment of the academy.
Here, too, the audience of 250 or so was composed mostly of students, and they erupted into rowdy applause, especially when John Brown, the diplomat who tendered his resignation to the State Department last week over objections to the war, took the stage.
Metro Publishing Inc. Metroactive is affiliated with the Boulevards Network.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/03.27.03/protesters-0313.html   (1136 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - The Washington DC Metro
This station is also the home of the prestigious Metro Gift Store, where you can buy t-shirts, mouse pads, mugs, and just about anything else they can slap the Metro map on to entice the travelling public to part with their money.
The next two stations southbound out of Metro Center on the Blue/Orange line, these are on the north and south sides of the National Mall, and perhaps see more traffic than any other station, especially during large events such as the 4 July and other national celebrations.
Some might describe the Common Share as 'the finest pub in Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia, or even, possibly, the finest pub in all of the midatlantic states', though others would merely concede that the pints of Guinness and Boddingtons there are really cheap.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A317279   (812 words)

  
 Metro - Metro visitor information
Metro Pocket Guide*, featuring a system map, points of interest near Metrorail stations, and information on system hours, fares and passes.
Metro Passport is a special, pass (minimum order- 50 passes) for conventions, meetings and groups which allows unlimited Metrorail travel, all day, from the time the Metrorail system opens to the time it closes.
Metro sales offices are located at the Metro Center station, at the Pentagon station and at Metro Headquarters at 600 5th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Metro sales offices carry all visitor's passes and senior/disabled farecards.
www.wmata.com /riding/visitors/visitors.cfm   (355 words)

  
 Metro Trains Collide on Red Line - WTOP Radio
WASHINGTON - Metro riders Thursday morning found the commute to work longer than usual as investigators continued to deal with the aftermath of Wednesday's subway crash on the Red Line.
Metro called Sawyers a life saver for ordering the passengers off the train.
Metro officials said the trains won't be moved until the NTSB completes its probe.
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 District of Columbia Washington Metro Resumes Jobs
Washington Post staff writers Ylan Q. Mui and Michael Rosenwald discussed the Washington area's new breed of homebuyers: young adults in their twenties and earlier thirties who are fearful of being priced out of the market if they don't buy now.
Join Washington Post staff writers Ylan Q. Mui and Michael Rosenwald as they discuss the Washington area's new breed of homebuyers: young adults in their twenties and earlier thirties who are fearful of being priced out of the market if they don't buy now.
WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The New Orleans metropolitan area lost a staggering 237,200 jobs or 38.5 percent of its employed workers in September as hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the city, new data from the U.S. Department of Labor showed on Wednesday.
www.recruitermarketing.com /District_of_Columbia-Washington-Metro.html   (3617 words)

  
 Washington Metro: Insights on metro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
There are losses and gains in the Washington metro area as a result of the Pentagon's proposal to shut military installations across the country.
WASHINGTON A former Metro Transit Police officer has been released from jail under heavy supervision, after being charged with second-degree sexual abuse in D-C. Darren Way of Gaithersburg was arrested today in...
Metro Transit Police are adding three dogs to the canine unit after they graduate from an 11-week training course next week...' [baltimoresun.com ] Dog rescues 7-year-old from Tsunami India "Run away!" her husband screamed from a rooftop after he spotted the colossal waves.
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 city crystal metro washington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
DC, this beautiful and grand Washington DC hotel is situated in thriving Crystal City, which offers...
Select the area(s) of Washington DC Metro you want to search by checking their boxes and...
Crystal City is a Washington Metro station in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia.
www.crystal-2005-2006.com /6/city-crystal-metro-washington.html   (293 words)

  
 CNN.com - Woman shot, killed in D.C. suburb - Oct. 14, 2002
Manger sought to ease fears among residents in the area, saying police officers were "saturating" the area to make sure it was safe.
Pentagon sources said there were no military-related suspects in the sniper case.
A Washington man was gunned down the night of October 3.
archives.cnn.com /2002/US/South/10/14/sniper.shootings   (1471 words)

  
 Tens of thousands protest in Washington, other cities
Washington -- Hoping that their sheer numbers would send a message so loud that President Bush could not ignore it, tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in the nation's capital Saturday to oppose any war against Iraq.
The protests in San Francisco and Washington were joined by far smaller -- but no less vocal -- demonstrations from Michigan to Moscow.
Washington Metro Police chief Charles Ramsey told reporters that the crowd probably exceeded 100,000.
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 Monday/Tuesday 25th/26th: Pentagon, Washington to Oxford
Reba dropped me off at the Metro on the way to work, which I took as far as the Pentagon stop, situated under the heart of the building.
The vast five-sided structure is the largest single-structure office building in the world, and its unusual shape arose as to make best use of the plot on which the building was originally to be sited, and retained even though it was constructed elsewhere.
The lower floors were rather plainer, home to the less important personnel, and featuring the amenities one would expect for a small town, for this is what the building effectively is, with around twenty thousand people working there.
hex.oucs.ox.ac.uk /~rejs/holidays/usa2000/node21.html   (781 words)

  
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 UrbanRail.Net > America > USA > Washington, DC - Metro (Subway)
The Washington Metro celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2001.
61 km and 43 stations lie within Washington DC, 61 km (26 stations) are in Maryland and 47 km (20 stations) in Virginia.
Phase 1 is to begin construction in 2006 from the existing West Falls Church Metro station to Wiehle Avenue on the east edge of Reston.
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