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...They've been taught to just accept life and develop patience and cunning," he said, recalling a group of Russians he once saw on a broken subway car and the remarkable lack of anger they showed. He concluded that once Russians realize power is in their hands, they will learn gradually to take action and their complacent mindset will...
...genius mechanic and part mystic. All his life he demonstrated a surprising, inner-directed capacity for intellectual growth. In the last decades of his life, regretting the effects of the worldwide aviation he had pioneered ("Every year," he wrote in his journal, "transport planes seem to get more like subway trains"), he campaigned as an environmentalist, circling the world ceaselessly, traveling light, seeking out primitive peoples in an exercise of atavistic communion...
...march took place as scheduled Sept. 5, though just a few thousand youths showed up. Giuliani virtually shut down Harlem, closing subway stations and dispatching scores of officers to protect the peace. When Muhammad took the stage near the end of the event, his rhetoric was characteristic...
Suddenly the project took on a new urgency. The researchers concluded that the surge from a Category 4 storm would put John F. Kennedy International Airport under 20 ft. of water. Seawater would pour through the Holland and Brooklyn-Battery tunnels and into the city's subways throughout lower Manhattan. The flooding would be especially disastrous if people seeking to escape torrential rains and falling debris were to take shelter in subway stations. The report didn't estimate casualties, but observed that storms "that would present low to moderate hazards in other regions of the country could result in heavy...
...reform. He wants voters to associate him with progressive ideas, even ones that are controversial in traditional Democratic circles, such as charter public schools. Gabrieli distinguished himself in the debate, promising "to step on some toes" to get things done. His strategy seems to be working. At a subway "T" stop in Somerville, most of the morning commuters who pause to take a leaflet recognize Gabrieli and know his positions on the issues. Some are not impressed, like the woman who badgers him for being "against teachers." But others are more positive. "My husband just said he's probably gonna...