Word: traffice
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Your story on air travel says nothing about the heavy subsidies the air traveler enjoys. The subsidy is in the form of virtually free airports, traffic controllers, weather services, FAA inspectors and, in the case of smaller airlines, direct cash subsidies. In 1976, for example, North Central Airlines received a direct payment of $13 million...
...will be a bit superfluous, for even on a normal day, the marketplace has the air of a modern Bartholomew Fair. Cabaret tunes from the piano bar commingle with bluegrass songs played by street musicians. The streets between the buildings, once choked with produce trucks, have been closed to traffic. Now pushcart vendors hawk their wares-scrimshaw knives and jewelry, puppets and pottery-while in the North and South Markets, scores of small shops offer highly specialized merchandise. Various stalls comprise an international bazaar of imported delicacies. In Quincy Market, the center hall, shoppers may sample raw oysters, yogurt cups...
...majority of the construction work in Harvard Square will take place underground, and two traffic lanes will remain in use the whole time. The tunneling work will go above ground only at one point--at the intersection of Mass Ave and Garden Street. The tunneling will begin sometime in March, Supratik Bose, chairman of the Harvard committee which is working with the MBTA, says...
...excavation will be what is known in the trade as a "bored tunnel"--the digging proceeds entirely underground, with access through several shafts along the way. Toward Alewife, construction will be of the "cut-and-cover" variety, although the trench may be temporarily covered to permit street traffic to pass unhindered...
...last note about Harvard football: the offense is something called the 'Multiflex, which just about no one understands, except to the extent that it resembles the traffic flow in Harvard Square on a Saturday afternoon. Just enjoy it--if all works well, you'll be watching the Crimson and the multiflex beat Yale for the Ivy title November 18 in Harvard Stadium...