... the feasibility of offering massages on the Long Island Rail Road. Long Island Rail Road massages would be offered to commuters who ride to Penn Station from Long Island or vice versa. Plus these massages would help relax the commuters. If this service is created it is planned to start ... passengers will be willing to pay to receive a massage. The final area of investigation was to see if there were any massage pallors in Penn Station. This would determine the competition. If there are massage pallor's, I also needed to know how much they charge there clients and if there business ... ...

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... to purchase their MetroCards(2). This marks the first step in what could be the eventual elimination of token booth while transforming token booth clerks into station attendants, who would give directions and otherwise aid passengers. But, these new vending machines have a lot of people worried about the future of ... past, it's that security is our customers" No. 1 concern. With 85% of subway customers using MetroCards and rising use of vending machines, station booth use has declined even as ridership has grown. But even as this shift in customer preference drives how we do business, w...

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... the true meaning of this story without examining the symbolism used by the author. The story begins with a description of the setting. There were long hills, a train station, a bar, and a beaded curtain. At this point in the story, I thought that Hemingway was just trying to start another tale of his. Little did I ... American, the Jig, and them as a couple. While waiting for their train, the man and woman sat outside the bar that was next to the train station. They passed the time by drinking, and the woman was observing the scenery at the same time. Jig mentions to her boyfriend "they ...

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... , the American. The choices Jig is facing are in the scenery around her. Hemingway uses the setting of the train station, the valley landscape, and the hills to show the consequences of the decision Jig is forced to make. The story is set in a train ... an idea where the relationship between Jig and the American is at this point. The train station is a place of transition. Jig and the American are also at a crossroads. Just as they are sitting at a station between two sets of tracks heading in opposite directions, their relationship could also go in two ... feelings toward abortion. John...

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... slap her upside the face. She is very kind widow; and sociable as you see her striking up a conversation with the lady she meets at the bus station talking with her throughout her whole bus ride, as they develop a relationship with one another. She is very high strung at times, with dynamic emotions, from ... ashamed to live. The place is cheap and old fashioned to today's viewer but appropriate for the time setting of the story. The scene progresses to the bus station and bus scene. They are on a big Greyhound coach. On this bus Carrie is fortunate to meet a nice young lady whom she de...

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... her. At this point, Holden is desperate for a friend. After he finished talking to her on the phone, he went for breakfast at the train station. While he was eating, two nuns sat next to him. He had a good conversation with them but after they left, he said he would have ... woke up suddenly to find Mr. Antolini's hand on his forehead. This really made him nervous and embarrassed so he got his things and left for the train station. There, he slept on a bench. Holden woke up early because people started to come into the waiting room. "And I think I was more depressed than ... I ever was...

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... to a realization about what they are discussing. In focusing on this issue, Hemingway expressed a powerful feminist theme. The story takes place at a train station in Ebro River Valley in Spain "a symbol of the word embryo." At the beginning, the reader is introduced to the barren landscape around the train ... station across the valley, where the couple is sitting at a table. They are waiting for the train to Madrid to come. It is very hot, ... White Elephants"). This is, in my opinion, a turning point in the story. The girl finally starts to think with her head. She walks to the end o...

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... the positive possibilities and works to persuade her to go through with the abortion. Hemingway uses symbolism through alcohol, the hills, the white elephants, and the train station to develop the theme of the story. Hemingway's writing style in this story is well crafted. His simple style and taut dialogue pull readers into the story, ... is a bit of a hill itself. Being pregnant ties a mother down, making her less mobile and more stationary, just like the hills. The element of the railroad station is symbolic of being at the crossroads of life during a time of crisis. The American ma...

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... started. I think that Kane new something was going to happen and that is why he said that. Even the entire board of selectmen believed everything would be ok. The train station guy came running in the courthouse with a telegram saying that they pardoned Frank Miller. Everyone in the courthouse is flabbergasted and can't believe it. Because Miller is bad news. The ... train station guy proceeds to tell Kane that Ben Miller, Jack Colby, and Jim Pearce are waiting at the train station for Miller. The whole town thinks that the smart thing to do is for Kane to leave town, but he wanted ... ...

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... told me Doris and I could go under the "buddy system," a program allowing friends to be in the same company during boot camp and be stationed together at their first duty station. Every day that week, I woke up at 3:00am, and Chief Diaz drove me to the Military Entrance Processing Center (MEPS). MEPS is a facility where newly recruited individuals take their ASVAB ... . after graduation, we were able to visit with our family members for around two hours before returning to our quarters. A week later, we received our orders for our first duty station and were finally able to go home for t...

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... produces the story of a young couple in his short story, "Hills Like White Elephants." Waiting to catch a train the young couple stops for a short rest in the shade of the station building. Everything seems normal, they order drinks a have normal conversation until the man brings up the topic of the girls operation; things quickly become uneasy. It is quite obvious that ... in, leaving them hanging on every word. A spectacular setting is created by Hemingway in his short story, "Hills Like White Elephants." Rich with symbolism it is set in a small train station stuck between Barcelona a...

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The book is written in first-person point of view. The narrator begins by riding the train to Medicine Bow, a train station. Here he meets, the main character, the Virginian. The narrator is immediately impressed but also intimidated by the tall, dark "cowboy". The Virginian was sent by Judge Henry to escort ... go out its length and fall true; and the thing was done. As the captured pony walked in with a sweet, church-door expression, our train moved slowly on to the station, and a passenger remarked, "That man kno! ws his business." 2. lbid., p.1-2. This is one of the first Wild West shoot...

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... obvious expression to Stanley and Stella of her desire to drown the destitution that has become her character. In the opening scene of the film, Leigh emerges from the train station through a cloud of smoke, representing the mystery from which she hails. The viewer recognizes through this symbol that Blanche wants her old self to remain anonymous. However, it is soon ... in the film the physical aspect of desire is more explicit than while reading the play. Kazan adds symbolism of his own (the mirror breaking, the smoke in the train station). The play offers a better insight into Blanch...

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... obvious expression to Stanley and Stella of her desire to drown the destitution that has become her character. In the opening scene of the film, Leigh emerges from the train station through a cloud of smoke, representing the mystery from which she hails. The viewer recognizes through this symbol that Blanche wants her old self to remain anonymous. However, it is soon ... in the film the physical aspect of desire is more explicit than while reading the play. Kazan adds symbolism of his own (the mirror breaking, the smoke in the train station). The play offers a better insight into Blanch...

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... identity"(Bignell 1997, p. 61). This double page advert for Louis Vuitton denotatively shows a blonde woman very smartly and immaculately dressed, carrying luggage, appearing to be boarding a train at a deserted train station, in a mountainous background setting. The woman covers most of the right page, which also features the brand name "Louis Vuitton", whereas the left page shows the rest of the train ... station platform. Also on the left hand page shows textual description of the products in the advert, being "ready-to-wear shoes and leather goods". Also written is the text "sold ....

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... takes a lot of sacrifices, patience and effort for it to be brought back, for the beauty of that puzzle to be recognized. The arrival of Minnie's son at the train station destroys the narrator's fantasy about Minnie. The narrator envisions that she was weak, being oppressed, and can do nothing. But the thing is, men cannot have a child in their body ... ...

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