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...tribe -the 300,000 New York commuters who daily ride the rachitic, mismanaged Long Island Rail Road. They were also resigned. During a decade of endless criticism, the road's ramshackle trains-which link Long Island's sprawling suburbia to Manhattan and carry the biggest daily passenger load in the U.S.-had gone right on running late, bogging down in snowstorms, killing motorists at grade crossings and risking the lives of their passengers...
...five largest departments, however, that the major difficulties lie. In 1948-49 almost 60 percent of Harvard upperclassmen concentrated in Economics, English, Government, History and Social Relations . . . To carry this load, the five departments in question have only 32.7 percent of the total faculty manpower...
...salvage his foundering Dollar Steamship Lines, President R. (for Robert) Stanley Dollar was grateful for the chance to abandon ship. His famed globe-girdling shipping line, founded in 1901 by his canny Scottish father, Captain Robert Dollar, was crusted with the barnacles of mismanagement, and carried a top-heavy load of holding companies...
...Square that the battle took on its real character, a fight against the police by the combined Harvard and Yale forces. The rioters began to attack passing cars, trolleys, and trucks. The first paddy wagon arrived at 12:10 a.m. and shortly after it left with the initial load five males and two of their dates...
Furthermore, each participant in any sport at Harvard is required to buy a $20 participation ticket, something unheard of down where Yalies live. Carroll Getchell, business manager of the H.A.A. says the the $20 fees "take up a large part of the load" in paying for the expensive set-up. Yale does not pay any of its coaches, while Harvard gives its football coaches $100 per season...