Word: fares
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...crew of a flag-ship always has a lot to live down. The badinage became more irritating; the rebuttal more spirited. Finally some intrepid soul had the temerity to observe that the crew of the Texas were fed in the manner of swine in comparison with the luxurious fare meted out aboard the Arkansas. This was too much. With righteous indignation the worthy Texans plunged into battle royal in resentment of such scandalous libel directed against the accommodations of their floating home...
...fare fight between the New York Transit Commission and the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. (Mr. Chief Justice Taft had allowed this case to be moved ahead in the interest of millions of subway riders. It will be argued...
...Certainly the farmer in 1928 does not expect to feed his horses half the oats he did in 1914 and get the same service from them. That is exactly, however, what the public is demanding where it still insists on the 5? fare. If a 5? fare is insisted upon where on an average it costs 8? to transport, why talk about private capital doing that job? It simply cannot be done. Nor can it be done any cheaper by public capital, but we can tax the community instead of the individual rider to make up the difference...
...stage show somewhat relieves the atmosphere with a well ordered and well served bill of fare. An Oriental dance suffices to turn the mind away from the terrors of the day, while a guitar duet with the typical songs in the shade, may satisfy the weltschmerz of a freshman out of sorts...
...bronze horses on St. Mark's, however, winked knowingly among themselves, and the winged lion on the column smiled a sophisticated Venetian smile." For Eric, magnificent blond, had just glided his plane on to the Grand Canal, and turned amorous attention to his passenger. $37,500 was the fare she had paid him to transport her, Catherine, decadent American college girl, from the Eiffel Tower to Java, and Philip, her (chief) lover. Meanwhile Eric served very nicely as more than pilot. It became necessary to draw the curtains of the airship, but the Italian populace continued to applaud hilariously...