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In Phoenix, Weekend Users Make Light Rail a Success

nytimes.com
Sep. 19, 2009
The light rail here, which opened in December, has been a greater success than its proponents thought it would be, but not quite the way they envisioned.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch