Word: metro
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pelham, New York, the mayor recently called for the demolition of a footbridge that spans the Hutchinson River Parkway and links wealthy, largely white Pelham with poorer, racially mixed Mount Vernon. And Washington's exclusive Georgetown neighborhood, home to many members of Congress, opted out of the district's Metro system...
...postal and utilities employees, have brought the country to a virtual standstill to protest the government's new social-welfare reforms. University students are striking and marching to demand more teachers and resources. Algerian radicals have conducted a wave of terrorist bombings, and soldiers carrying machine guns patrol the Metro and train stations. The unemployment rate is 11.8%, one of the highest in the industrialized world. After only six months in office, conservative President Jacques Chirac has seen his approval rating collapse. Meanwhile--as if there weren't enough problems at home--much of the outside world is still...
Another bill, sponsored by council member Mary I. Naber '98, calls for the council to pressure the Metro District Commissioner of Massachusetts to place a pedestrian crossing sign at the intersection of John I. Kennedy Street and Soldiers Field Road, across from the gates to the athletic complex Naber said she and others have seen several students hit by cars at that intersection...
Saturday morning the Crimson jumped back into the pool against Metro--a Boston club squad consisting of graduate students--and emerged with...
...Metro is traditionally very good," Pyka said. "They have a lot of experience. Our decisive win over them was really a boost to our confidence...