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...Absolut measures, so I went for the grand getaway. Sixty cents and a change at the Green Line and there I was at North Station, poring through train schedules. It was just beginning to dawn on me that Commuter Rail doesn't cross any borders, when I heard a conductress shouting "North line...boarding Track Four!" Instinct got the better...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Post-Election Escapism | 11/22/1988 | See Source »

...conductress wanted some money. That, in the end, decided where I was going. My budget only went as far as Reading, and there I got off. I stood vacantly watching commuters and families getting into cars, until the tracks behind me were once again empty. I had come to this little town to bury my mind in forgetfulness; it wasn't exactly a desolate port in nether-Morocco, and I saw no boozy-eyed sirens waiting to lure me into a self-destructive spiral of wanton liberalism which would tragically end in the complete disappearance from my memory...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Post-Election Escapism | 11/22/1988 | See Source »

...motorist in Surrey claimed that Roberts held him up and stole his sandwiches. Fifty armed bobbies combed through Dagenham when a bus conductress reported that a passenger had dropped a pistol (which turned out to be a toy). Singer Alfred Hancock, 46, was arrested five times in one day because of his vague resemblance to Roberts. "Why do I have to look like him?" complained Hancock. "Why can't I look like Mario Lanza?" At Sadler's Wells Theater, Tenor Emile Belcourt was singing the title role of Offenbach's Bluebeard when police broke in with growling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: The Trouble with Harry | 9/2/1966 | See Source »

...electric train slides into the station 30 miles northwest of Osaka, the pretty conductress announces the last stop in a falsetto singsong: "Finally, honorable passengers, your patience is rewarded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Honorable Rockettes | 1/3/1955 | See Source »

...critics, though inclined to deplore child prodigies in principle, tossed a few bouquets of their own. "Really good performances, a credit to conductress and players alike," said the News Chronicle. "Genuine, albeit immature, musicianship," said the Times. Self-critical Conductress de Marco decided it had been a "pretty good" performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Victor & Gianella | 3/23/1953 | See Source »

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