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...still intact, and several times a week you can take the journey between Damascus and Amman, Jordan (minimum duration is seven hours), passing sites that would have been familiar to Lawrence. Sitting in the sidings at Amman station are coaches recognizable from the era. In its heyday, the train carried up to 300,000 pilgrims to the annual Hajj in Mecca; now only a few passengers make the trip, which is operated by Hejaz Jordan Railway...
...giving them a sense of ownership. Of course, encouraging good governance and stability are precursors to growth and retention of professionals, so all advances made in that direction will be profitable. Or, nations could follow the lead of Albania, which has instituted a policy that awards preference to foreign-trained students if there is a tie for a job position. Those who train and even live elsewhere are then not being treated as traitors or outsiders, but as part of society. Finally, developing countries might also revise their constitutions to allow for dual citizenship. This provides an exit...
...songs aren’t technical masterpieces; they often consist of only three or four chords. Their beauty is simple, residing in the ethereal swoop of the slide guitar and the relentless emotional onslaught of the rhythm section. Listening to them is like riding a freight train with no brakes: there is a sense of unimpeachable momentum and force. When their songs demand it, each and every musician in Molina’s circle is more than able to play eloquent phrases...
...Number of seconds that the train was running late when it crashed. Excessive speed is being blamed...
...Numbers 107 Number of people killed in a train crash near Osaka on April 25, Japan's worst rail disaster since 1963 90 sec. Amount of time the train was behind schedule, which investigators suspect prompted the driver to accelerate to dangerous speeds to catch up 37 Number of people killed when a train hit a passenger bus in Sri Lanka on April 27; officials believe the bus driver was racing another bus when he cut in front of the train...