This 1950 play by Alice Childress takes place in a train station waiting room in a very small town in the south. The play describes how Miss Whitney‚ an old black woman‚ discovers that her premonition of the success of her daughter‚ Florence‚ as a black actress is undesirably similar to that of a racist‚ white society. This troubling discovery has just as strong an impact on the reader as it does on Miss Whitney. This drama teaches the reader how the views and opinions of individuals or groups can
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New York City‚ we would take the train‚ and then transfer to the subway. The subway was dirty‚ dim‚ and noisy. In summer‚ it was like walking in an oven due to the lack of air conditioning on platforms. That’s because it was built about 100 years ago. Shenzhen’s subway was built only a few years ago‚ so it is “updated” and modern. Therefore‚ passengers can enjoy a quiet‚ comfortable environment. In a hot summer day‚ you can find air conditioning in the subway station starting from the escalator. Once
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Chennai Metro Rail – The Future of our mass transport Introduction Cities are a matrix of functions and activity and at the helm of this activity is mobility. Before the intervention of automobiles commuting was slower and cleaner. But as the cities grew in numbers the need for commuting more people also grew. There has been a significant transformation in the urban transport sector in Chennai‚ from its earlier dependency on waterways to its current mode of rail and road transport. Since the Urban
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Hills Like White Elephants‚ written by Ernest Hemingway‚ is a story that takes place in Spain while a man and woman wait for a train. The story is set up as a dialogue between the two‚ in which the man is trying to convince the woman to do something she is hesitant in doing. Through out the story‚ Hemingway uses metaphors to express the characters ’ opinions and feelings. Hills Like White Elephants displays the differences in the way a man and a woman view pregnancy and abortion. The woman looks
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PASSENGER ARRIVAL RATES AT PUBLIC TRANSPORT STATIONS Marco Luethi (corresponding author)‚ Ulrich Weidmann‚ Andrew Nash Institute for Transport Planning and Systems ETH Zurich Switzerland October 26‚ 2006 Telephone: +41 44 633-2415 Fax: +41 44 633-1057 E-Mail: luethi@ivt.baug.ethz.ch http://www.ivt.ethz.ch/oev/index_EN 4129 words + 7 figures + 2 tables = 6379 words ABSTRACT The amount of time spent waiting at a public transport station is a key element in a passenger’s assessment of service quality
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transport and how to encourage greater use of buses and trains. Scotland’s Public Transport network Scotland’s public transport network is improving all the time‚ with dedicated bus lanes‚ express intercity bus services and new and improved rail services offering fast‚ reliable and less polluting ways to travel. Going by rail New train services and even brand new lines and stations have opened with more to come in future. On many trains‚ you’ll find at-seat power points and Wi-Fi access - great
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She will keep the baby and see if the man she loves will still love her then. In this paper I will cover character between the man and ‘jig’‚ and also setting. In the start of this story the couple is waiting at a train station for their train to Madrid. As they are waiting for the train they start to order drinks. First Beer‚ something to keep them busy to avoid the conversation they need to have. Jig looks over the landscape. ‘The girl was looking off at the line of hills. They were white in the
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and vibrating beneath her feet‚ Lana Stevens and the other two-hundred-forty-nine passengers arrived at the town of Shadow Falls. It was Thursday‚ October 29‚ 2015‚ and on that day‚ the morning sun shined brightly as the passenger train gradually pulled into the station‚ finally coming to rest directly adjacent to the newly constructed concrete platform. Staring out of the side window‚ Lana couldn’t help but wonder how much life had changed in the small town since she left during the summer of 2011
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INSTRUCTION 1. You will be given an illustration set followed by practice set. 2. Fill up tour particulars in the answer sheet provided to you. 3. This is again a test of imagination { Idea writing test } most commonly known as SRT. 4. You have to write your answers in page No. 10‚ 11‚ 12 and 13 of your answer sheet. 5. Write your answer in English / Hindi in space provided in your answer sheet. 6. Do not turn over the page until you are told to do so. 7. In this test a number of situations
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people travel from one place to another. They travel (commute) to work‚ to school‚ or go on business trips. Many people travel for pleasure because traveling has recently become one of the most popular hobbies. In every season the airports‚ railway stations‚ seaports‚ and bus stops are full of people traveling for long or short distances. Nevertheless travelling has the wrong side which contains high prices‚ polluting‚ laying low and danger. If you have a car sometimes it can be expensive to pay
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