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...rowed without aid of his seat, opting to slide painfully on the bare track for 2,000 meters. The breakage forced Harvard to row with what felt like 160 pounds of dead weight. After the initial malfunction, however, all eight were able to continue rowing, albeit more laboriously than usual...
...would probably just [have walked], but it was really cold that night,” wrote Francis, who was able to wait at the usual #39 bus stop on Centre Street for one of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s (MBTA) “Night Owl” buses. Since 2001, the fleet of buses has ferried late-night travelers—every weekend on the half hour until 2:30 a.m.—along routes approximating the four subway lines, as well as on seven popular daytime bus routes...
...almost normal. Aside from three stocky policemen posted outside the tube station, their tall helmets and fluorescent yellow jackets visible from the end of the street, it was business as usual at Mile End, just two stops away from a blast yesterday where seven of the day?s 50-plus fatalities took place...
...Central Line platform was by no means deserted at 9:20 a.m., though the usual crush was reduced to a gentle throng. Inside, seated passengers flicked through newspapers, digesting photos of victims and rescuers, the mangled red No. 30 bus and graphics mapping the bomb sites. As we approached Liverpool Street, an announcement that the station had been closed due to a security alert was greeted with a few raised eyebrows and grudging nods. It was calm, quiet and pensive; we all knew what everyone else was thinking...
...joys for commuting cyclists in this city is that we don?t have to endure the breakdowns and delays of its overburdened public transport system. On Thursday, that advantage almost became shocking neglect. My journey from Hackney in the north to the center of town yesterday passed, as usual, within a few streets of King?s Cross and Russell Square stations, just minutes after bombs were going off in the tunnels far below. This morning, there was no escaping the memory, yet the mood on the street is different, subtly changed. The queues at bus stops were long...