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...people in different listening environments, like flying in an airplane - we used noise we'd recorded while flying on a Boeing 757 commercial flight, and we simulated that environment in our lab - 80% of people listened at levels that would eventually put their hearing at risk. On the subway system here in Boston, the ambient noise levels are very comparable to the level on an airplane, although it sounds very different. The noise is sufficiently high that it induces people to listen to their headphones at excessively loud volume...
...Subway Series. What if the Fall Classic bumps into the fall election...
...Obama headquarters, there are dreams taking hold that both hometown teams might win a pennant, leading them to face off in the World Series on the eve of the election. Obama would almost certainly attend some of the games and bask in the excitement of Chicago's first Subway Series in 102 years (though he might want to avoid visiting Wrigley Field, where his allegiance to the Sox could earn him a chorus of, well, Bronx cheers). A Diamondbacks--White Sox series isn't out of the question either--which would inevitably lead to one of those goofy, symbolic bets...
...natural undulations, like the push and pull of a gentle tide. Unlike visiting, living somewhere demands a distinct kind of acculturation. It is an open-minded kind of tourism, an accepting stance toward unfamiliar expressions and the way people interact in the street, an openness to new subway maps and the way strange currency feels in your hand. You let these things enter your mind and you let them stay there, living with them as fixtures of life instead of quaint cultural differences that can be easily massaged into memories over a transatlantic flight...
...country has slashed its domestic budget and reduced an inflation rate that may exceed 90% this year. The more Mexico tries to placate its creditors, however, the more it unsettles its people. Earlier this month the price of tortillas quadrupled overnight. Next month the cost of a Mexico City subway ride is likely to increase from one peso to 50. Such developments are not easy on a typical worker, whose real wages have sunk, by one estimate, to their 1967 level. Yet many Mexican officials feel that their diligence in making sacrifices, and in honoring every debt payment...