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Sunyy Posted 12 years ago
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He who has been denied the spectacle of a busy Manhattan broker durring a rush of business is handicapped for the profession of anthropology. The poet sings of the "crowded hours of glorious life." The broker's hour is not only crowded, but the minutes and seconds are hanging to all the straps and packing both front and rear platforms.

Hey again What does "hanging to all the straps" mean ?
  

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I'll be really grateful if sb also explains what platform means here. Is it a type of computer or sth else ?

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I'll be really grateful if sb also explains what platform means here. Is it a type of computer or sth else ?
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Straps are fixed to the ceilings of metro (subway) cars. When there are not enough seats due to crowding, people stand up in buses and subway cars, and hang (hold) onto the straps so they don't fall down.
Also the platforms (the place in the station where people stand to wait for a train or bus) are crowded.

Here are some old-fashioned straps.
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