Word: bostons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...explosion sent one fraternity member to the hospital, and slightly injured two other students. The explosion brought bomb squads from Cambridge and Boston, and closed parts of the MIT campus for hours...
...every day one falls in love. I, however, have fallen. She's not too comely; in fact, she's large, slow and her perfume recalls the aroma of men's bathrooms and elephant cages. Alas, love is blind. I've fallen for Boston's T, which seems more perfect for each of its imperfections...
Built in 1897, the T was the first subway in North America. Then, it was a sign of Boston's increasing industrialization and was praised for its efficiency. No longer is it the most efficient subway, though--Washington and New York have bested it. But, by contrast to its younger siblings, the T has, and builds, character. Today the T stands as a quasi-romantic critique of the soulless efficiency of its contemporaries...
...subway must be lovely; not merely awesome, like DC's vaulted ceilings, nor intimidating, like the band of merry men on New York's trains. Perhaps the T's age is gone; maybe that of the D C Metro has succeeded. But, fortunately, the T is safely encased below Boston, and its glory will not fade anytime soon--at least, not so long as every small platoon of liberty, the unique stations, musicians and the rest, remain. Boston had the best subway at the beginning of the 20th century, and the same is true at the beginning of the 21st...
Cabot, Lowell and Weld are as "Harvard" as names can get. A tradition of large donations from Boston bluebloods has made walking through campus feel like a stroll through a New England graveyard...