Word: ashmont
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...Park Square, a woman was waiting for an Ashmont car with what looked like a stewardess outfit folded neatly over her arm. She said her name was Pat and she was not a stewardess, but a guard for American Airlines. The insignia on her uniform said SECURITY...
...best place to begin an investigation of Boston's subways, expecially if you're starting from Harvard, is the Red Line, which runs from Harvard Square to Ashmont, Quincy and Mattapan. The Red Line is Boston's most basic subway from the aesthetic point of view. There are no frills (except for the new cushion-seat cars which are the pride of the system)--the Red Line specializes in gutsy subway travel. There are long stretches of dark tunnel, heavy use of underground stations, and a quick, noisy speed between stations. The Red Line is best for deep reflection...
...Take a Letter to Maria" was the only song in the concert that elicited a noticeable response from the Park Street train-waiters. A fat old wino leaning against the wall, waiting for the Ashmont train, swayed blissfully with the melody in oblivious appreciation, without opening his eyes or loosening the grip on his paper-bagged Gallo...
...YOUNGER generation is moving from South Boston out to Field's Corner and Ashmont, to replace the more affluent Irish who escaped to suburbs. James Michael was lucky he died when he did, still mourned by a generation of the faithful, who flocked to his big house on the Jamaicaway to pay their last respects. No longer does the Irish mayor receive his people, solve their problems, dole out money from his own pocket for funerals, make the round of wakes, bully the bankers and stomp into the Somerset Club to confront the State Street money. What passes for Irish...
...should we all have to be so sad? How could we pay so much and come out with so little? The subway ride back was terrible. On the Harvard platform at Park Street everyone was talking quietly about Ali; on the Ashmont platform they were talking about Frazier. One kid on the Harvard trip was talking about Frazier, though. "That guy has got to be destroyed," he said...