Word: sidewalkers
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...worst menace on Cambridge’s chancy sidewalks. That distinction is reserved for the sidewalk blockers. These are groups of two or more pedestrians who choose to walk abreast instead of single file when I’m already 10 minutes late for class and are walking so slowly behind them that I might actually be walking backwards...
...fluid one second with movement, static the next to drive the rivet home, a contracting and easing of his brawn that over the weeks had become as regular as breathing." Work stops only when some poor rivet punk loses his balance and free-falls to his death on the sidewalk below...
...Sidewalk outside of a Final Club: Here you will find freshmen girls at their most “impressionable.” If your back is strong enough to pick her up, search the sidewalk outside the AD. Or for a real blow-out, sniff around the Spee for the right lady. Promise to show them your large endowment...
...Toronto, public complaints led the city to measure gum goop last year for the first time. In the 2004 litter audit, 2,000 pieces of gum dotted one typical stretch of sidewalk, compared with just 200 pieces of other litter. In response, the city is trying out trash cans that let users toss in gum without having to touch the dirty bin. A downtown business district now spends about $37,000 annually to power-wash gum off its sidewalks, and on April 22, the city will be the host of a "20 Minute Makeover" featuring a public gum-removal demonstration...
...while walking in Cambridge has been a bother, I’ve recently gotten off the sidewalk and onto the road. There I’ve discovered the real demons: Boston drivers...