Word: cente
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) this week began hearings on a proposed 15-cent fare increase for the Boston area's subway system...
...that the MBTA might restrict token sales if the increase is approved. Announcements of fare hikes in other cities have prompted concerns that passengers would hoard tokens. But Dimond said that the MBTA is not concerned about the possibility of passengers rushing to buy tokens at the present 60-cent price...
Jaqueline O'Neill, Harvard's associate vice president for state and community affairs, said she spoke to tenants at a party given last week to celebrate the sale. Her estimate, she said, is that only 10 per cent of the tenants oppose the sale. "Understandably, when a building changes hands there are always concerns by the tenants about what the future of the building will...
...Neill also said she estimated that "80 per cent of the tenants don't one way or another and 10 percent are enthusiastic about [the chance of creating a co-op] because they see an option to own their own building in the future...
...building could become a limited equity co-op if 80 per cent of the tenants voted for it. In that case, those tenants receiving subsidies under the federal Section 8 program could use their government money towards a mortgage rather than rent...