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Abe Kifle, sign fabricator for the City of Alexandria, has set up the signs for the Washington Street project on his computer. He will transfer them to the 36-inch sheet of shiny red vinyl where a tiny cutter etches out the sign.

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The black wedge jerks back and forth, making small cuts in the shiny red vinyl. Two or three minutes later Abraham (“they call me Abe here”) Kifle, sign fabricator for the City of Alexandria, cuts off the 24-inch rectangle from the large roll with his sharp blade.

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