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... passengers were allowed to carry heavy goods with them . Most of these passengers came from outside Moscow — handicraft artisans , truck gardeners , and women selling milk . They paid in copper coins , hiding their silver away and ...
... passengers were allowed to carry heavy goods with them . Most of these passengers came from outside Moscow — handicraft artisans , truck gardeners , and women selling milk . They paid in copper coins , hiding their silver away and ...
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... passengers swore at us . When they did , we never argued with them , so as to keep our trolleys as peaceful as we could . This was Babayev's worldly wisdom . " Every passenger nowadays , " Babayev said , " has weak nerves . We must be ...
... passengers swore at us . When they did , we never argued with them , so as to keep our trolleys as peaceful as we could . This was Babayev's worldly wisdom . " Every passenger nowadays , " Babayev said , " has weak nerves . We must be ...
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... passengers . One day a white truck belonging to Chichkin's milk concern drove on to the trolley tracks on Smolensk Boulevard . The chauf- feur was just barely moving ; he was clearly afraid of spilling his milk . So I had to go just as ...
... passengers . One day a white truck belonging to Chichkin's milk concern drove on to the trolley tracks on Smolensk Boulevard . The chauf- feur was just barely moving ; he was clearly afraid of spilling his milk . So I had to go just as ...
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