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Who Needs a Cell Phone?

[IMGCAP(1)] A woman makes a call the old-fashioned way at a phone booth in one of the Capitol Hill office buildings. Can you guess which one? If you’re stumped, don’t strain your eyes too hard trying to make out the writing in the directory that appears in the reflection. We’ll give you the answer next week. [IMGCAP(2)] Last week we challenged you to figure out what an actor playing Benjamin Franklin would be doing on Capitol Hill, with bonus points for where he was sitting. The actor was on hand for a news conference announcing the first round of National Park Service centennial projects, and he was sitting on the West Front of the Capitol.

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