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...York City as a college student one night 22 years ago. There were no Mexicans in New York in 1979--none I could find anyway. It took me a month of deep-cover detective work to find out where I could buy tortillas. I had to take the subway 15 stops downtown to an old Spanish store, and even there all I could find were three-packs of frozen white tortillas. They were disgusting, and I was depressed...
Today, the MTA’s successor, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), raises subway fares from 85 cents to one dollar. Even at a dollar the fare will remain one of the lowest in the nation, and the T’s announcement of its first fare hike in almost a decade met only half-hearted protest from environmental and transportation advocacy groups...
...walked Isabel home from the Harvard Square subway stop to her Radcliffe dorm room despite her protestations that it was unnecessary. I did so in part because I was stubborn about good Southern manners, but also because I wanted to prove to her that I was at least aware enough of eastern-sophisticated-feminist norms to not try to kiss her goodnight. It was a way of salvaging a little dignity. And so it ended well...
...walked Isabel home from the Harvard Square subway stop to her Radcliffe dorm room despite her protestations that it was unnecessary. I did so in part because I was stubborn about good Southern manners, but also because I wanted to prove to her that I was at least aware enough of eastern-sophisticated-feminist norms to not try to kiss her goodnight. It was a way of salvaging a little dignity. And so it ended well...
...Stuffing four people into one of the center's rooms creates an atmosphere about as congenial as a subway during rush hour," The Crimson reported students saying...