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...given their track record, it’ll be popular too. Their merger with MultiModal Applied Systems puts them on par with a company with full-time employees. The MBTA’s commuter rail schedule is within weeks of its debut. Seattle transportation will probably soon succomb to the ShuttleGirl charm too. And in a characteristic show of humanitarian aid, they are donating their services to Amtrak, which has experienced huge increases in ridership since Sept. 11. “There are so many times when you feel you can’t do anything,” Karamchandani...

Author: By V. C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Everything But the Girl | 10/11/2001 | See Source »

...determination to preserve peace. But one country or another may overplay its hand in this game of bluff, with dire consequences for the world. Then Britain, France, and even the not-so-isolated United States will have to decide whether to play the role of the Spanish liberals and succomb, or whether steadfastly to deny the word "choose" and reassert "the middle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VICTORY WITHOUT PEACE | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

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