Word: mbta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...insure an exclusive gathering in order to prevent any opposition to its plan for a debate between David Stockman and liberal Congressman Barney Frank. Some debate. Stockman is Reagan's notorious budget slasher and Frank is infamous for blaming Boston's transit workers for the ills of the MBTA. This is the alternative of the DSOC "socialists" to the massive cutbacks, layoffs and anti-Soviet warmongering of the Reagan Administration: a return to the Democratic Party. "If they don't like jellybeans, let them eat peanuts...
...always been on our guard during Dartmouth weekend," Epps said, adding that the weekend conjures up for him "images of students descending upon us from the wilds of wherever they're from, emerging from the MBTA, and singing songs in front of John Harvard"-- generally "lacking in civilization." However, he said that he "expects responsibility of Harvard students" in keeping their guests under control...
...that was to have allowed the basketball team a new home in time for their winter season may now result in a completion date months later than hoped. Srikes by local carpenters and masons all but halted work on the Cage, and caused major slowdowns in work on the MBTA's Red Line extension project in the Square...
...cost a quarter to ride from Harvard Square to Braintree, or Boston College, or Boston College, or anywhere else on Boston's subway network Two years later, though, the ride is three times as costly, thanks to a fare increase approved in mid-summer by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) officials...
...wanted to prevent another shutdown and provide fuller service," Paul DiNatale, chief spokesmen for the MBTA, said last week. "This year is looking very good. The budget problems have been settled this summer... We will not run out of money...