Word: platform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Instead of waiting on subway platforms, late-night commuters can relax near the collectors' booths until a computer-synthesized voice announces the arrival of their train, said Vicente Carbona, public affairs officer for the MBTA. The system will be installed at approximately 30 stations, including Harvard, and is targeted at night travelers who "may not feel very safe being alone on a platform," said Carbona...
...none of those disadvantages. His best-known works are for the stage, a collaborative medium and, in his view, one meant to arouse passions. His plays have frequently been topical, occasionally incendiary, and he researched them with the fervor of an investigative journalist. Opinionated and outspoken, he relished the platform that his fame provided and undertook a running battle with McCarthyite elements in Government. They retaliated by stripping him of his passport, summoning him before the House Un-American Activities Committee and trying him for contempt of Congress for refusing to denounce fellow leftists. Miller was catholic in his choice...
...chairs. It didn't help the smooth flow of the show that guardian angel Carleton, due to unfortunate (and bizarre) circumstances, had to hop about in a cast. The handicap did, however, contribute to the dramatic tension--will he or won't he make it up to the high platform? Carleton's sidekick character, Heuteboise, is hilarious...
Butler said the discussion, announced at the Board's last meeting in September, did not come at the request of three overseers who were elected to the Board on a prodivestment platform. "It was my decision," he said...
...trustees is that they are in an advisery capacity. Whether it's on the record or off the record doesn't matter as much as whether the Corporation can hear thediscussions," said Overseer Peter H. Wood '64, whowas recently elected to the Board on apro-divestment platform...