The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed, and all emulously hoping to do better still...

[A man from a competing gang throws a drink in Fred's face, just before a fight begins.] Fred Alger (Mel Tormé): It's on!

Commonalities between past pandemics and current events are also found in the understanding that the close quarters of public transport facilitate the transmission of infectious diseases.

Joseph was right on. New York was what Jaylene wanted.