Word: trams
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Italians and Asians, Puerto Ricans and Hassidim, Greeks and Mexicans, whites and blacks lined the course continuously, from start to finish. Running alongside such a crowd, exchanging salutes with a group of police officers, high-fiving a row of wide-eyed children, waving to the passengers in the tram and to the clattering El as its air horn blared on the tracks above the course, I experienced such a sense of euphoric exhilaration that it was difficult not to realize what the race was really about...
Kids will probably be hooked right away, since any visit to the Getty, situated high on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, in Los Angeles, starts with a ride on the child-wowing tram. Designed by Richard Meier, the buildings house a superb collection of paintings, decorative arts, photographs and ancient art, and are worth a visit in and of themselves...
...Hungarian immigrant, best-selling author and guru of the Internet economy, recalled his days in Budapest, where he would ride the tram aimlessly across the city...
...thing about the tram always fascinated me," Grove said. "The track separated into directions and were controlled electronically by the driver. If the train switched tracks, it would change direction and depart significantly from its original path...