31.   To encourage bus riders to use the Metrocard, officials plan to publish a list of above-ground token booths where it can be purchased.

32.   Token booth clerks are the face of the Transit Authority.

33.   Token booth clerks do more than just dispense tokens.

34.   Two men who set fire to a subway token booth in New York last week did more than gravely injure the clerk inside.

35.   Token booth clerks are vanishing by the hundreds and officials are warning of more cuts to come.

36.   Token booths become birthing rooms.

37.   Usually tucked into station corners near the token booths, they sit like electronic trolls, splashed with cartoon colors, their screens and message boards blinking and flashing.

38.   When the man reached a token booth, Cohen grabbed him from behind in a bear hug and held him until police arrived.

39.   When I passed the token booth the next morning, I noticed the same clerk on duty.

40.   When it loses its value, the cards can be electronically reprogrammed at token booths.