21.   People often gather outside the Metro stations to sell whatever they have to spare.

22.   Some of the homeless people who spend their days in Metro stations treat the corridors and, even the platforms, as lavatories.

23.   The designer Alexander McQueen held a private party there last winter, the night before mounting a show of his fall collection for Givenchy in a Moscow metro station.

24.   The sort of insert-paneled, cantilevered creation that Push-up Bra Woman sports in the Metro station?

25.   Two Metro stations, Smithsonian and Archives-Navy, will be closed.

26.   Two Metro stations were closed, marking the first time subway stops have been shut down for an inauguration.

27.   Two more Metro stations were closed for a short time Wednesday because of security concerns.

28.   Under the new arrangements, musicians are now allowed to perform in the corridors and halls of Metro stations, but not on platforms or in cars.

29.   Others rely on metro stations, but they close at midnight, driving homeless out into subfreezing temperatures.

30.   Others rely on metro stations, but they close at midnight, driving the homeless out into subfreezing temperatures.