Word: transit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...result of an apparent change in policy, police are currently towing cars on Harvard property in the evenings. Until this change many students parked on campus at night while working. This provided a safe transit to and from the University in the evenings...
Pretoria did claim responsibility last week for a cross-border attack on what it said was an A.N.C. guerrilla transit facility, situated twelve miles inside Botswana. South African forces staged a postmidnight raid on the house, shot to death four people asleep inside, including at least two Botswanan women, and escaped by helicopter after fire bombing the target. Said Defense Minister General Magnus Malan: "It is the policy of the South African government to combat terror wherever it may occur...
...short, densely populated routes, Amtrak is riding highest of all. More than half its business comes from the Northeast corridor, where trains have surpassed air travel as the most popular form of mass transit. Business travelers on the Bosnywash circuit appreciate the convenience, the wide seats, the reliability in foul weather, and the chance to get some work done. "When you ride a train," says Chicago Bank Executive William McClintic, "you can sit back, relax and avoid the hassles of traffic and airports...
...check will be returned for lack of funds. When the culprit came back in nine days, the check had not been returned, so the bank allowed a $4,000 withdrawal to be made. In this case, though, the check had not been returned because it had apparently disintegrated in transit. By the time bank officials figured out what had happened, the trick-check passer was nowhere to be found, and Northern Trust...
...solution. "I don't want to provide more parking, because more parking will cause more traffic," Sullivan says. "If people can't park, they won't drive into Cambridge, and I don't want more people driving into Cambridge. I want to encourage people to take public transit...