The-Accountant-Jul-Aug-2016
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TRAVEL<br />
Washington has none of the structural engineering<br />
scale of the high-rise metropolis of Manhattan,<br />
because it has no skyscrapers, or any structure at<br />
all that stands higher than the 169-meter tall obelisk<br />
that is the Washington Monument. By law, nothing<br />
can be built in the city that would be higher than the<br />
distinctive white pillar that stands at one end of the<br />
Reflecting Pool, and is best viewed from the steps of the<br />
Lincoln Memorial, which is at the other end of the pool.<br />
metropolis of Manhattan, because it has<br />
no skyscrapers, or any structure at all that<br />
stands higher than the 169-meter tall<br />
obelisk that is the Washington Monument.<br />
By law, nothing can be built in the city<br />
that would be higher than the distinctive<br />
white pillar that stands at one end of the<br />
Reflecting Pool, and is best viewed from<br />
the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, which<br />
is at the other end of the pool.<br />
<strong>The</strong> city is very much the centre of<br />
America’s Federal government, with<br />
the White House, the Capitol, and the<br />
Supreme Court all located within its<br />
boundaries. However, it is also designed<br />
to celebrate the achievements of the<br />
American nation, and the sacrifices that<br />
some of its citizens have made over its<br />
short history to keep it in existence.<br />
<strong>The</strong> aviation gateway to Washington is<br />
Dulles International Airport, 40 kilometres<br />
from the city centre, which was designed<br />
by the Finnish American architect and<br />
industrial designer Eero Saarinen, and<br />
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