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   Peter T. Daniels to hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com   
   Re: Meet Miss Turnstiles 1945   
   29 May 19 12:26:13   
   
   From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 3:14:00 PM UTC-4, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > On Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 6:57:21 PM UTC-4, John Levine wrote:   
   > > >On the Town--musical comedy.   
   > > >   
   > > >https://books.google.com/books?id=YlMEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA39&dq=   
   ife%20telephone%20factory&pg=PA49#v=onepage&q&f=false   
   > >   
   > > But Miss Subways was real   
   > >   
   > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Subways   
   >   
   > Did any Miss Subway achieve a notable career as a result   
   > of her appearance?   
      
   Probably not _as a result of_, but ISTR there were a few who became   
   prominent afterward. (There were about 200 of them over 36 years, so   
   it was probably inevitable.)   
      
   Looks like some research is needed:   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Subways   
      
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