Word: last
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...transit systems have received such notoriety through song as did the Metropolitan Transit System last summer. For weeks on end, disk-jockeys played the sad tale of Charlie, trapped on the MTA, never able to escape from the miles of tunnels beneath Boston streets. The MTA, however, has received a more stinging notoriety this year--it has the dubious distinction of losing the most money of any American public transit system. Last year the MTA went $16 million into the red, which was assessed upon the 14 communities served directly by the Authority. And with recent demands made...
Delegates to last week's convention of the Young Democratic Clubs of America in Toledo, Ohio, also nominated two members of the local group, Derek T. Winans '60 and David W. Adamany '58 for newly created executive positions...
...last ten years, patrons of learning have enjoyed Lamont Library. Its 10-15,000 reserve books include the most important reading in undergraduate courses, while the building itself provides space for over 1,000 students. At casual glance, the facilities offered by Lamont seem ample...
Brown offered Pittenger the post of sports information director in September of 1955, and he stayed there until last July, when he joined the Harvard staff. A prematurely grey man of 34, he finds himself busier than ever in his new surroundings. He works at high pressure, writing releases, compiling statistics, talking to the press, and planning future projects seemingly all at once, and he has developed the knack of talking in quotable quotes...
...getting a long-delayed chance to exercise his considerable talents. Last year at Brown he tried repeatedly to interest Sports Illustrated in Bruin quarterback Frank Finney, only to be told, "It's hard to do business with S.I. at Brown--you ought to be at Harvard or Yale." This fall, he triumphantly wired the magazine: "Well, here...