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Word: fairings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...paid, hey man, I paid, you saw me pay, didn't you?" the boy appealed to his younger friend. "Man, you're just doing this 'cause we're Black. This isn't fair." His companion smiled charmingly at the ticket seller and said in a tone, perhaps meant to remind her of her own son, "Aw com'on, it's hot. Our mother wants us home. Don't make us walk." But the ticket seller held her ground and the older boy started screaming again...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: A Day on The Red Line | 7/25/1986 | See Source »

...alongside the track; the executives deliberately looked away from the screaming match. "I saw them. I saw them--they paid. Whatcha you talking about," said a girl about the age of the older boy who appeared behind them. "Your thing, it just doesn't work right. It's not fair." The ticket seller glared at her, and grudgingly let the kids through to catch the train...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: A Day on The Red Line | 7/25/1986 | See Source »

...shirt today--23 bucks--think I would pay that for this?" she pointed to a white T which she sported under her tight black and white sundress. "What a rip-off. It's not fair. When is this train going to get moving? God were those shop people dumb. They like thought I was actually wearing this out of the store, not lifting it. Boy. Oh well, can't expect people in these ritzy stores to have too many smarts...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: A Day on The Red Line | 7/25/1986 | See Source »

...just ain't fair," replied the girl. "They should make a law against allowing people to do that. That's cheating. They just can't trick you that way and arrest you. That's not fair...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: A Day on The Red Line | 7/25/1986 | See Source »

...train. The girl shook her head at her watch. The auxiliary train came up behind the filled train and as it moved towards Kendall Square, the boy said, "Man, this is really rotten service...I can't believe she wanted us to pay for it. That just ain't fair...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: A Day on The Red Line | 7/25/1986 | See Source »

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