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...price hike in and of itself comes as a surprise to no one, seeing as how the team has made it an offseason tradition these past four years. But a spike as steep as this one--the largest ever by the Red Sox and, as far as anyone can tell, the biggest in baseball history as well--was enough to make you cough up your Thanksgiving dinner...
...last part is still a minority opinion. Greenspan could have gotten away with a friendly quarter-point rate cut Wednesday if he thought the slowing economy needed to slow a little slower - it certainly wouldn't have bothered investors. But Greenspan has plenty of numbers, like Tuesday's minuscule hike in retail sales, telling him everything's unfolding just like he planned...
...last part is still a minority opinion. Greenspan could have gotten away with a friendly quarter-point rate cut Wednesday if he thought the slowing economy needed to slow a little slower - it certainly wouldn't have bothered investors. But Greenspan has plenty of numbers, like Tuesday's minuscule hike in retail sales, telling him everything's unfolding just like he planned...
...argued that if the council put more effort into selling the tickets this year, the shuttles could break even without a price hike...
Several council members also objected to using the hike in order to make money on ticket sales...