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Word: kiosk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Meanwhile the Harvard Square Business Men's Association was campaigning to eliminate the subway kiosk. But when they discovered that having to walk from Central Square would drive way customers, the razing program went up in smoke. The rotunda increased traffic snarls and the CRIMSON noted that this was particularly dangerous for "untrained freshmen...

Author: By David C.D. Rogers, | Title: Riots, Mental Telepathy, Exams and Probation Among Vivid Memories of 1927's Initial Years | 6/16/1952 | See Source »

Neither the winning model--with the officer suspended seven feet from the pavement--nor any of the other designs will be submitted to Cambridge authorities, however. Siddoway called the present kiosk "pretty substantial" and added. "I imagine that it will stay there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Concoct Cop Kiosks | 4/17/1952 | See Source »

...Waiting Room. After the Revolution, Trotsky made Litvinoff Ambassador to Britain. The British refused to accept him, agreed only grudgingly to deal with him through a Foreign Office clerk. For a while, the two met by a kiosk behind the Foreign Office. But after a few pathetic meetings in the rain, the Foreign Office relented: it allowed Litvinoff inside as far as the waiting room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: The Other Face | 1/14/1952 | See Source »

After vacation the college came back to find that some enterprising Harvard Square proprietors were campaigning for elimination of the Subway Kiosk. But when the business men discovered that having to walk from Central Square would drive away customers, the razing program went up in smoke...

Author: By Malcolm D. Rivkin, | Title: Prohibition, Winning Football, Lowell Dispute Among Memories of 1926's First Three Terms | 6/18/1951 | See Source »

...kiosk is expected to help unknot the Square's traffic problem which has been at the root of many traffic accidents in recent years. It is hoped that the new booth will more traffic through the Square faster, especially in rush hours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Policemen Now Rule Square From Modern-Style Pagoda | 6/2/1951 | See Source »

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