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  • n  a commuter who uses public transportation
  • n  a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support

  • From the straphanger position, he talked about the Democrats -- "There is a very broad consensus for this party, probably more than we've had in 30 to 40 years, around issues of .
  • How about this: What is the significance of this series: 8, 14, 23, 28, 34, 42, 49, 57? Hint: any straphanger on the New York BMT subway can see the answer pass before his eyes.
  • I have too much credit card debt, eat too much pasta, and routinely glance at a fellow straphangers Wall Street Journal in the morning to try and save that 75 cents a day.
News & Articles

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    Bear, the NYPD dog whose teeth were kicked out by a deranged straphanger, was released from a Manhattan animal hospital yesterday — and got a hero’s welcome from his K-9 colleagues and the commissioner. Bear will soon be back on the job after undergoing surgery for four fractured teeth and...
    June 27, 2013 - New York Post
  • Asleep at the switch: Subway station agent caught snoozing on the job
    The “Zzz” train does stop at Grand Street, after all. An MTA station agent was caught in a deep sleep while on duty at the B/D Sixth Avenue-line station yesterday morning. A straphanger spotted the unidentified clerk in Booth N520 around 2 a.m. His eyes were shut tightly...
    June 24, 2013 - New York Post

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