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Word: transits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...featured creatures this time are gigantic earthworms, 30 ft. long, capable of comic-alarming subterranean rapid transit (you just see this furrow moving across the desert at Road Runner speed). When they surface, they reveal trifurcated tongues, each extension ending in a funny-nasty suction cup. In other words, they are great special effects, informed by the mutant-monster tradition of '50s horror movies but satirizing that tradition in a delicate way -- neither condescending nor indulgent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Whole Lot of Quaking | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

Opponents also said increasing accessibility to the Alewife station might not encourage the use of public transit. "I understand that the access to the 'T' is not a benefit to any adjacent neighborhoods. Instead it is for suburban commuters," said Geer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City to Probe Highway Plans | 1/10/1990 | See Source »

...want public transit as good public policynot as a tradeoff for doing a bad highwayproject," said Chapman...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Central Artery Gets Final State Approval | 1/4/1990 | See Source »

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