Word: regularness
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...locomotives. One of these, Locomotive 2860, traveled proudly through British Columbia for 16 years before it was forced off the tracks by diesel engines. Rescued from the Winnipeg scrap yards by the government of British Columbia, 2860 was refurbished in 1974 and is now the only steam engine in regular mainline service in North America. Tom Savio, a former stationmaster and now a rail-travel consultant, says the black-and-silver locomotive, which "blends Canadian robustness and English Art Deco streamlining," is "one of the most aesthetically pleasing ever built." During the spring and summer months, 2860 pulls a string...
...There is a distinction between running for president and being a regular person," said Marannis, who has written a biography of President Clinton and said he will probably turn his eight-part Post series on Gore into a book...
...massacre of some 40 civilians in Kashmir by suspected Pakistan-backed Islamic militants, India's Prime Minster Atal Behari Vajpayee and President Clinton held talks in New Delhi and pretty much agreed to disagree on matters nuclear, even as they vowed to strengthen their relationship and hold regular summits. Vajpayee reiterated India's policy of maintaining a "minimum nuclear deterrent" but vowed that New Delhi would avoid further bomb testing - although he has no plans to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, just yet - and would not be the first to use nuclear weapons in any conflict. But containing rather...
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--The Harvard women's hockey team had its chances against Dartmouth in Saturday night's ECAC Semifinal. With a victory the Crimson could have vindicated its two regular season losses to the Big Green and effectively assured itself of one of the four spots in the national tournament...
...team. Not surprisingly, the department-store chain, based in Minneapolis, Minn., has become the talk of Madison Avenue, not to mention Main Street. And this year, as Target nears the opening of its 1,000th store, Graves has been joined by the doyen of design, Philippe Starck, another Alessi regular, and Target's hometown hipsters, the young design team Blu Dot. Says Dziersk: "This is the principle that began with the Bauhaus: everyone should have access to beautiful things...