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...need to know a bogie from a driving wheel to feel the romantic tug of the age of steam-train travel. A day spent aboard England's Cathedrals Express, chuffing from London to spired cities like Salisbury, Canterbury or Bath and back, is a mighty whiff of postwar nostalgia - and a glimpse into the obsessive otherworld of the trainspotters, who track locomotives the way some folks watch birds. The service is run by the tiny Steam Dreams company with the aid of volunteers who maintain vintage locomotives like the 1945-built Bodmin. Its 1960s cars are wood-paneled, the seats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Steamy Romance | 11/23/2003 | See Source »

...romantic, and served as a fascinating contrast to the scenes in which he abandoned his cheer to sob on the sofa. He also provided one of the play’s highlights in his reading of Brodie’s script; as he read, he supplied every element from steam-train noises to falsetto voices...

Author: By Alexandra D. Hoffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Review: 'Real Thing' Smiles on Winthrop | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

Those in favor of upholding the foul language argue it falls under the category of free speech, or at least speech that is expected of stressed-out students blowing off drunken steam on the weekends...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On Hockey: Out With Fan Vulgarity in College Hockey | 11/14/2003 | See Source »

Turnovers were costly for the Crimson, undermining Harvard drives just when they seemed about to pick up steam. Junior quarterback Garrett Schires had the Crimson, which trailed by seven at the time, threatening on the Dartmouth nine-yard line with less than 30 seconds remaining in the first half. But on second-and-six, the usually cautious Schires, under pressure from the Big Green defenders, threw an interception to Dartmouth cornerback Mike Ribero on the two-yard line and ended the potential scoring drive...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: One Hundred Years Later, Same Result | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...Chiu-Valkin doubles team managed to advance to yesterday’s finals, but ran out of steam and lost to Rich Moss and Phil Charm of Brown...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Bests Big Green | 10/28/2003 | See Source »

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