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Commuters who wait at the Kendall Square T-stop have an aural distraction that is unlike amateur subway guitarists or the tunes emanating from their iPod earbuds. Since 1984, a contraption that melds high-culture art, physics, and the grime and tumult of Boston’s mass transit has amused and frustrated subway riders...

Author: By Gabriel J. Daly and Sonam S. Velani, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: T-Riders Ring the Sound of Science | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

...entrepreneur who at the age of 17 helped found the Subway sandwich chain gave students a candid taste of business life last night. Fred DeLuca described Subway’s tentative early days and dispensed advice for young professionals, speaking to about 40 students in the Dunster House Junior Common Room. DeLuca said he co-founded the Subway franchise in 1965 in hopes of covering his college expenses. Now the chain has nearly 27,000 branches worldwide. When DeLuca hit hard financial times early in Subway’s history, he faced a choice between shutting down the original location...

Author: By Nicholas A. Ciani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Subway Founder Tells His Tale | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...just tap and go.” That’s what the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) “Ambassadors” were telling bus and subway riders yesterday morning as they distributed plastic CharlieCards to launch a new ticketing system. According to MBTA Spokesman Joe Pesaturo, the CharlieCard—a new bus and subway pass that features an embedded microchip with the card’s value–will improve efficiency and revenue collection. Beginning in January when fares are set to hike, riders who continue using paper CharlieTickets or cash will pay an even...

Author: By David Jiang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MBTA Debuts Plastic Passes | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...reposition my views on existence was that not one of the Pussycat Dolls was sporting much cleavage. In fact, some of them were even wearing turtlenecks. It made no sense. If a former troupe of dirty dancers is unable to flash some décolletage while they are straddling subway turnstiles, it must be in very poor taste for the rest of us to display any at all. To be honest, this state of affairs disappoints me. Not that I am an extremely slutty dresser, or anything like that. I do enjoy the occasional V-neck or episode...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE TREND IS NIGH: Plunging Necklines Falling From Favor | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...have learned that the possession of nuclear bombs can serve as a deterrent to the U.S. At least during the cold war we had two superpowers in opposition whose fear of each other made for peace for everyone, but today danger lurks everywhere, especially in buses and on the subway. Osato Odiase London

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

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