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...Boylston Street. Once there, Breslin went right to the bar and made a place for himself. A late-afternoon talk show blared from the TV set high above the drinkers. Soon the Whitney's crowd began to notice that Breslin was in their midst. A man wearing an MBTA uniform told him that the Mafia was not a joke, Breslin scowled. Another man asked him if he thought football was crooked. "I hope so," he answered. "Who wants everything a hundred per cent?" Then Breslin turned away from his fans for good and drank the first of many beers...
...sinks slowly over the MBTA car barn, we turn in our key to the superintendent and bid a fond farewell to Eliot House-knowing full well that, as we while away the semesters in Mather's split-level luxury, our thoughts will off return...
...spring the sunshine, and the better horses come up from Florida. Suffolk Downs will open on April 4 this year. A few subway stops on the MBTA beyond Airport, the Downs offers the best in New England racing. Last year Bill Veeck of St. Louis Browns fame staged the longest and biggest ($200,000 added) turf race in America, Veeck also gave away prizes to the fans- a steer, a horse, champagne, and free dinners at MacDonalds...
...Authority is very pleased with the new cars," said MBTA general manager Leo J. Cusick. "And incidentally, these cars are the first aluminum transit cars to be built in United States...
...cars, costing $15 million, will supplement the familiar, dirty-blue cars now plying the MBTA tracks and will help handle the additional traffic when the Red Line is extended south to Quincy later this year. They can go up to 70 m.ph.-15 m.p.h. faster than the old ones...