Word: arlington
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...unseasonably cold Virginia afternoon I gathered with my family on the first Friday of spring break to bury my grandfather. An unremitting wind tore through Arlington National Cemetery and challenged the practiced precision of six young Marines as they reverently unfolded an American flag and held it taut over the remains of one of their own. With unblinking solemnity they stood still and strong against the wind while 50 feet away seven other Marines aimed their rifles at the sky and, on command, fired three sharp volleys. As the echo of the final shots reverberated through the cemetery, a lone...
...cybercrime division monitors credit-card-fraud schemes that terrorists use to fund their activities. Stung by criticism over its historic reluctance to share secret evidence with local cops, the FBI now sees it doesn't have a choice. Edward Flynn, the police chief in Arlington County, Va., says the FBI is giving local cops more leads than they can handle. "They feel compelled to tell us this stuff," he says...
...biology concentrator from Arlington, Texas, Carter plays the role of Violet Sarbloo in the current Hasty Pudding Show “Snow Place Like Home” and is a secretary on the Leverett House Committee...
...Paul, that’s a big one. Can you give me a two-wheeler?” he bellows, beckoning for shy, bespectacled Arlington resident Paul Riley—another mail room worker—to bring him a dolly...
Proceed to Whiskey Park (74 Arlington St., 542-1482), the place to see and be seen. Don’t be fooled into thinking Whiskey Park stodgy just because it extends from the Park Plaza hotel: the bar is as close to New York sophistication as you can get north of Manhattan. Opened by Rande Gerber, a.k.a. Mr. Cindy Crawford, Whiskey Park attracts the wealthy, the beautiful and the famous. The bar has two rooms, a smaller and more intimate lounge perfect for lingering over cocktails and a larger livelier one with a DJ spinning hot tracks. Deep mahogany bars...