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Slipper Slyman had always dealt on the square, had scorned many approaches -- that was well known.
Animal Heroes Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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Slipper Slyman had been honorably reinstated and Mickey reduced to the rank of Jack-starter, but that merely helped to turn his sympathies from the Dogs to the Rabbits, or rather to the Warhorse, for of all the five hundred that were brought in from the drive he alone had won renown.
Animal Heroes Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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The unraveling of the largest fare-evasion case in MBTA history began with conductor John Slyman and a single discolored pass on the Providence commuter rail line.
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Slyman, a former flight attendant, said he enjoys his rapport with riders.
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This morning the MBTA Transit Police awarded a certificate of appreciation to Slyman for his attention to detail, and certificates of commendation to five T employees critical to the subsequent investigation.
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"I never expected something of this magnitude, but I did think the pass was no good," said Slyman, 53, of Foxborough, a ninth-year conductor with the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Co., the private contractor that operates commuter rail for the MBTA.
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But the unsettled customer's shifting stories in response to Slyman's questions suggested that something was awry, so he called for transit police and the commuter rail trainmaster to meet him at South Station.
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"If you do this for awhile, you can get a sort of feeling if people are not being completely candid and honest," Slyman said.
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"If we're busy enough, we'll stay until the last customer leaves," Slyman said.
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"If we're busy enough, we'll stay until the last customer leaves," Slyman said.
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