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                                             April 29, 2007

   "The buses are attached to strings of
   wires or something, and driving behind
   them requires often waiting, having
   reading material on hand, for these
   buses do not for long stay attached to
   the strings on wires -- suddenly there
   will be a spark, and the bus will              Wires.  They're wires,
   stop, and the driver will get out,             because these are
   walk to the back of the bus, and ynak          *electric* busses,
   on the string or wire, smiling                 which does not mean
   cheerfully, oh ha ha, because here             that they're
   there really isn't all that much of a          non-polluting, but it
   hurry, for anyone, anywhere, least of          does mean that what
   all for those who take buses."                 pollution they generate
                                                  is not spewed out into
                                                  crowded city streets.
             Dave Eggers,
             "A Heartbreaking Work of
             Staggering Genius"
             p. 297

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