A Sense of Power in Washington

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"We want it to be more of an 'excuse me' sound as opposed to a 'hey you!' sound," the Volt's chief engineer tells the National Federation of the Blind. "We don't want it to sound like birds; we want it to sound like a car."

"It's a feeling," [Ed Brown] replies. "Even though you didn't see a lot of stuff, you KNOW."

"This is awesome," says [Darrell Robinson], impeccably dressed in a well-tailored suit and purple tie and a pencil-thin moustache. "To walk the halls the presidents walked. Just knowing that we came here trying to make a difference, that's very exciting to me."

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A Sense of Power in Washington

WASHINGTON -- Three sightless men, one blind woman, and a yellow Labrador retriever named Fallbrook are negotiating the hallways of the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill. Long white canes tap-tap their owners down the whitewashed halls. The dog's paws...

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