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COVER STORY SIDEBAR By the numbers Blocks: 29 in Boston; 80 in Cambridge (including blocks on just one side of the street) Subway stops: 6 (three Red, two Green, one Orange) Au Bon Pains: 5 Dunkin Donuts: 5 McDonald's: 4 Post offices: 4 Starbucks: 3

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