Word: subways
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) this week began hearings on a proposed 15-cent fare increase for the Boston area's subway system...
...turning his weapon on himself. An exchange of hard looks in a Woodbridge, Va., high school corridor ended when a visiting teenager shot a student in the groin. A man who was asked to leave a sweet-16 party took his revenge by spraying a New York City subway platform with a 9-mm automatic handgun, wounding...
This year's Beanpot has changed all that. This writer has researched the results of every 'Pot game played. He has studied the architectural structure of the Garden. He has consulted the stars, observed the flight patterns of wild geese and memorized the subway map of Boston...
...commoner into the family. The situation was exacerbated when, in another break with tradition, Akihito and Michiko chose to raise their children -- Prince Hiro, now 28, Prince Aya, 23, and Princess Nori, 19 -- at home. In 1986 they stepped further into workaday modernity when they took their first subway ride...
...Hirohito perfectly reflected his country's fascination with the West. When Hirohito embarked on a six-month tour of Europe in 1921, he became the first member of the Japanese royal family to set foot outside his homeland. For the rest of his life, the Emperor treasured the Paris subway ticket that was his first purchase and a reminder of his first glimpse of freedom. He also took home a taste for Western food and clothes that he never lost. In 1975, 54 years after he expressed a determination to visit the U.S., Hirohito finally realized his dream. During...