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...Boston’s South Shore, home to some of the Commonwealth’s most affluent communities. The Somerville/Medford Green Line extension, by contrast, is estimated to cost $559 million, virtually the same as the Greenbush line. The state is also rushing to complete the $60 million Sagamore Flyover project, which will ease the commute between Cape Cod and the mainland. Early in his governorship, Romney promised to resign if the Flyover was not built. It says much about Romney’s priorities that he would choose to stake his political career on the Flyover project, which does...
...evacuation, the Coast Guard began moving its personnel out of the region. Officers left helicopters and boats in a ring around the area so that they could move in behind the storm, no matter which direction it took. "We have extraordinary autonomy to move assets," explained Allen during a flyover of the Mississippi Gulf Coast region a few weeks after Katrina. "I don't think any other agency has the ability to do that...
...shows about the same subject is a coincidence. Three is a theme. Four, you're bordering on mania. After the election, we heard about TV executives seeking to sign up shows about the flyover red states. But HBO remains the bluest of the blue networks--as blue as the Pacific, a Santa Monica bus, a Dodgers cap--confident that its subscribers are unendingly interested in the angst unique to those poor souls unfortunate enough to have a SAG card. Nor is it alone. In March Showtime will debut Fat Actress, starring Kirstie Alley in a fictionalized version of her travails...
...satisfaction of the resounding Republican triumph has been watching the media attempt to figure out what happened. If Democrats really want to understand the red states, they need to talk less and listen more, judge less and learn more. Above all, they need to quit painting the "flyover" states with such a broad brush, get off their high horse and acquire some humility. Until then, we red-state voters will continue to quietly vote in record numbers for candidates we can respect and admire...
...admit it, but Nadarajah Shan-Mugam's vanity saved his life. The 49-year-old Malaysian handyman was riding his motorbike to work in Kuala Lumpur one morning last year when an irritating drizzle suddenly billowed into a blinding tropical downpour. Spotting a flyover a few hundred meters ahead on the highway, Raja raced for shelter. A dozen fellow bikers were there already. As three lanes of rush-hour traffic continued to roar past, more bikers squeezed in, huddling together and turning their backs to the windblown rain and the heavy spray from passing vehicles. Raja lit a cigarette, then...