Word: ironical
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...upper-left-hand corner of the front page there is a slanted banner reading "Elton John T-Shirt Iron-On, Page...
...behold, the reader finds not just an iron-on on page 7 but a WRKO advertisement that comes with it. The iron-on is really an ad for WRKO...
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball's first iron-fisted commissioner, could hardly have put the case more toughly. Left unmentioned in Kuhn's decision was a major worry. Some 55 players, many of them the game's most valuable, will be free agents once the season is over. The wheeling and dealing then could make the Tuesday Night Massacre look like a taffy pull...
...jerky electrified buses can't compare with the sleek trains of the other lines. And it's a shame too, because the Green Line has some of the best stations and routes in the system. The Copley Square station is probably the best looking from the outside, with its iron grillwork, blending well with the general atmosphere of the Square...
...however, each subway freak chooses his own spot in the MBTA--and there are plenty to choose from. When I'm depressed, my favorite is the Central Square stop of the Red Line, when the last train of the night is due, and the station is deserted. A big iron monster takes the place of the turnstile after the man at the change booth has gone home for the night. On particularly bad nights, the iron monster will swallow your quarter and not allow you on the platform. But there is nothing in Boston that quite compares with the view...