Word: subway
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since Cambridge is not a wealthy city, the development plans of the past have often not gone beyond the talking stage. Some of the middle-aged proponents of the transfer of the subway yards say that they "hope to see the proposals carried out in their lifetimes...
...Yakovlev continually advised and instructed me," said Gold. "My duties were to obtain information from a number of sources . . ." Gold told how he had arranged with Dr. Fuchs to make contacts with agents in Britain. Fuchs was to follow these instructions: go to London's Paddington subway station at 8 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month until contacted. Hold five books, bound by strings, suspended from two fingers; in the other hand, carry two books. Make contact when stopped by a man carrying Bennett Cerf's Stop Me If You Have Heard This...
...physical facilities are concerned, Eliot has its good and bad sides. The good side looks out over the river or on one of the finest of the House courtyards. The bad sides boast not only a full view of the subway yards, but also an excellent lookout on the alleyway where food is brought into the central kitchen and garbage is noisily removed in the early hours of the morning...
...best way--and at the same time the least obvious--places you in a position of power. Simply double park in front of the main subway entrance, lock your car and walk off. You get double value. No one would dare steal your car from under the very eyes of the law and the novelty and audacity of your strategem will completely bewilder the traffic officer...
...Board has made several proposals for the immediate future. Those include opening the municipal parking lot at Eliot Square for night use, and getting businesses to confine their deliveries to early morning and late evening hours. But the only permanent solution lies in such projects as extension of the subway to North Cambridge, construction of a municipal garage, and extension of the Concord Pike out to Lechmere...