Word: systemization
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...distant lands I found one statesman after another eager to tell me of the elements of their government that had been borrowed from our American Constitution and from the indestructible ideals set forth in our Declaration of Independence. As a nation we take pride that our own constitutional system and the ideals which sustain it have long been viewed as a fountainhead of freedom...
...Legally, the Ohio delegation cannot be bound by unit rule, but the delegates are honor bound to support the favorite son and the candidate of his choice until released. While there is no law against defections during the convention, in practice the system works as well as unit rule. Explains Di Salle: "It is just a moral commitment...
...eliminate all possible chance for error, the tests were repeated for a year while the earth completed a trip around its orbit. This allowed for the slight possibility that motion of the solar system as a whole might somehow mask the effect of an ether wind. Still the masers showed no change of frequency...
...monorail or the far-fetched "pneumatic tube for people." What the nation's big cities need, if they are not to become monstrous masses of immovable autos, is better, more efficient public transportation. Traffic experts want to see the train, the bus and the rapid-transit system take their rightful place alongside the auto as part of a coordinated transportation system. In order to compete effectively, the railroads need tax equality and freedom from excessive regulation. The ICC has already come out in favor of tax relief, and Congress recently made it easier for the rails to discontinue service...
...good will. Says the Burlington's president, Harry Murphy: "We've got to serve the commuters, so I believe we should give them the best service we can possibly afford." Quiet, Please. Because they have to serve the commuter-like it or not-other railroads and transit systems, along with cities, are also trying to find ways to do the job right. The Pennsylvania and Reading railroads and the city of Philadelphia are cooperating in "Operation Northwest," in which the railroads have stepped up service and lowered fares, and issue transfers for the city's transit system...