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PAGE PAGE 6 Unit Three Text I The Subway Pre-reading Brainstorming Share your experiences of visiting subway(s) and present your commentary on one of the subways that impressed you most. Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr. Tom Wolfe (Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr.), 1931-, American journalist and novelist, b. Richmond, Va. Wolfe first gained fame for his studies of contemporary American culture in a style known as New Journalism, which combined personal impressions and opinions, reconstructed dialogue, slang, and academic jargon. His journalistic works include The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (1965), The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968), Radical Chic and Mau-mauing the Flak Catchers (1970), The Right Stuff (1975), From Bauhaus to Our House (1981), and the anthology Hooking Up... New York City Subway The New York City Subway is a HYPERLINK /wiki/Rapid_transit \o Rapid transit rapid transit system owned by the HYPERLINK /wiki/City_of_New_York \o City of New York City of New York and leased to the HYPERLINK /wiki/New_York_City_Transit_Authority \o New York City Transit Authority New York City Transit Authority, HYPERLINK /wiki/New_York_City_Subway \l cite_note-2#cite_note-2 \o [3] a subsidiary agency of the HYPERLINK /wiki/Metropolitan_Transportation_Authority_%28New_York%29 \o Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit. It is one of the most extensive public transportation systems in the world, with 468 reported passenger stations, HYPERLINK /wiki/New_York_City_Subway \l cite_note-ffsubway-1#cite_note-ffsubway-1 \o [2] (or 422 if stations connected by transfers are counted as one), HYPERLINK /wiki/New_York_City_Subway \l cite_note-3#cite_note-3 \o [4] HYPERLINK /wiki/New_York_City_Subway \l cite_note-4#cite_note-4 \o [5] 229?miles (369?km) of routes, HYPERLINK /wiki/New_York_City_Subway \l cite_note-5#cite_note-5 \o [6] translating into 656 HYPERLINK /wiki/Mil