Word: subways
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...them had ventured down to Skippy White's in Central Square to buy a record which Louise thought would be fun to play if they ever had a party--a song she had heard on the radio all summer and had not been able to find. On the subway ride back two boys with suitcases were sitting in front of them. Louise, in her friendly manner, managed to start up a conversation by mentioning, a little too loudly to Adrian, that they would have to go for their bursars card pictures as soon as they got back. As it turned...
...minute he appeared she had sized him up as a real loser who thought he would get a head start on the rest of his classmates by courting Louise. Besides, he was Louise's responsibility since she had been the one to be so damn friendly on the subway...
...just 20 dollars? It's a deal! he says. He lays the 20 on you. You hustle back to Holyoke Center in time to pick up your new bursars car for just 10 bucks, and then it's back to Central. (This time, you can afford to take the subway.) With just ten such Bursars card turnovers each week, you'll be bringing in a cool hundred at least, and eating STEAK at the Voyagers. And you'll be doing a good turn for people who often can't afford to eat at all. If they start asking questions...
...assumed the pained but determined air of a nun who must deal with a wayward child without brooking any resistance. Protestations of innocence were no good anymore, and although physical violence did not seem likely, I thought it best not to remain in such a plainly hostile environment. The subway ride home was more than humiliating; every derelict in the "F" train looked like he was about to approach me with a papal bull of excommunication...
...nose a mountain, lakes for eyes. The effect is both real and hallucinatory at once, and it has a lot to offer on how we scan, decode and see the most ordinary configurations. Held in memory. Close's por traits marginally change every face one glimpses in the subway, or in a mirror...