Word: rails
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Before returning briefly to his message of public service to end the discussion, Dukakis took some time to explain his belief in the need for government support for a national light-rail system...
...Baumgartner's fleshy face turn red. The machines would take up space currently needed for passengers, he argues, and would add to the congestion-offering an even more inviting target for people like the L.A. shooter. Instead, Baumgartner wants the machines hidden away underground, amid the expanse of Disneyesque rail track that transports luggage from ticket counter to airplane. "I can have either machines or people in my terminal," says Baumgartner. "I can't fit both...
Since The Catcher in the Rye (or perhaps Beowulf), high school kids have loved to rail against phonies. Rappers and rockers know this and sell themselves to teens by talking about how "real" they are. But recent teen-pop acts like Britney Spears made their fortunes off even younger audiences who craved fantasy figures. Authenticity be damned--stylists picked their sex-bomb outfits, choreographers gave them graceful routines, songwriters wrote their PG-13 come-ons. So it wasn't surprising that last year, when the fans of teen pop hit Holden Caulfield's age, its sales dropped about...
...current transit system in the Greater Boston area is a radial system, with subway and commuter rail lines spreading out like spokes from hubs, such as Park Street and North Station. This idea of an urban ring would create transit lines running in a circle around the urban area...
...third phase would develop light rail lines around much of the urban ring corridor...