Word: subway
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...would require a flood of sentiment to convince one's reason or taste that Dane Hall in its present condition is a thing of beauty. Even before the fire, that building was entirely unsuited to its surroundings; the invasion of broad streets and the subway made it seem anachronistic. Yet in spite of its lack of the artistic, in spite of its being the home of the Bursar, Dane Hall had a certain charm. It could always glance over at Matthews or peer round the corner at Weld and put those two to shame from the standpoint of personal attraction...
...show would be given away, so they never stop to think. Yet the play is charming, with its odor of jockeys and horse-racing, baronets and bachelor apartments, epigrams, good bad women and other pleasant things now out of date. True, the text now contains motors cars, and a subway, but imagine these characters in them! Oh, those were delightful days when you could drop in on my Lord So-and-So any evening at midnight, and be sure of finding four members of the aristocracy, full of good breeding and bon mots, a sleepy butler, a silver cigarette...
...recent Fuel Administration orders show how serious this is; but even so it is plain that we must not look to the coal directly saved as a very powerful argument in support of the plan. Its strength must be in indirect saving, such as lightening late traffic on the Subway, and making more feasible an earlier closing. Neither does the University stand alone. It would be part of a nation-wide effort to economize; and it is not improbable that many other universities and colleges would take similar action. Most important of all, it would be a direct...
...panic yesterday morning in the Cambridge Subway, near Kendall station, was exactly what might have been expected in a train packed to the doors, such as is characteristic of the service during rush hours...
...sudden crisis searches out both the brave and the cowardly. At such times the character of those caught in it becomes evident. The subway coward is the self-seeker under fire. Those who are brave in a panic are those who are gentle and considerate at other times. --Boston Globe...