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After a flaming gear box on a Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) train caused the evacuation of Kendall Square station yesterday afternoon, an estimated 5000 passengers experienced subway delays of more than an hour...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire on Subway Delays Red Line Commuters | 10/23/1986 | See Source »

...America is no longer in a commanding position in international industry," said Brophy. "The Chinese offered to loft our satellites, and New York City turned to Canada to find grafitti-proof subway cars...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deficit Threatens Depression | 10/17/1986 | See Source »

...years, Eastern's hourly no-frills flights linking Boston, New York and Washington have been the backbone of the Bos-Wash axis. Habitues have dubbed the $75 ride between New York and Washington, which combines the convenience and discomfort of a subway, the "cattle car." Anybody who is anybody in New York and Washington takes it at least twice a week. Senators, football players, lobbyists, lawyers and bankers scuttle between their spheres of influence, elbowing one another at the gate for favored seats. In Nora Ephron's Heartburn, the shuttle serves as a leitmotiv of power. Complaining about the shuttle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power Corridor | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

According to their rendition, Harvard undergraduates threw all the tea into the harbor when the drinking age was raised to 21. The British responded by building the Red Line, the version claimed. Simultaneously, the band changed formations from a cup of tea to the "T" insignia of the subway system...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: A Fair Celebration for Fair Harvard | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

Just imagine a subway series. Star pitchers Dwight Gooden and Ron Guidry could face off in the seventh game, but Americans nationwide would still have to put up with Bruce Springstein singing the national anthem...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: A Houstoner Plots His Revenge | 7/22/1986 | See Source »

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