Word: train
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Grand Illusion. But De Gaulle apparently had more in mind than protocol splendor and ancient memories. On the seven-hour train trip from Milan to Rome, he took up with an unenthusiastic Gronchi his notions of "Latin brotherhood." He hinted grandly of the benefits of a Mediterranean pact with Italy, and possibly Spain, Tunisia and Morocco. He dangled before his host's eyes France's own imminent entry into the "nuclear club," and seemed to share Le Monde's strange illusion that "Italian leaders desire France to be the natural spokesman for Italy...
Crash Program. In Albany, N.Y., two unemployed laborers were indicted for attempting to derail a freight train so that they could get some work clearing the tracks...
Across the U.S., in the mass population move from city to suburb, the problem of getting to and from work is at best a fretful one. But nowhere is it more irritating than in New York City, into which about 370,000 commuters pour each weekday by train, bus and car. And nowhere is it more downright infuriating than on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, serving the nation's wealthiest commuter area, only a few years ago one of the best of all commuter lines-and now one of the very worst...
...Haven-reported one New Haven trainman to the R.L.E.A.: "[On one train] the water was almost over the laces on my shoes, leaking all over the coach, all running down through the coaches." Reported another: "Cars are allowed to go into service dirty, without water for the public. Passenger trains are normally operated ten to 30 minutes late." Reported a New Haven station agent: "We find now that we board up station windows rather than replace glass. We disregard broken planks in platforms, as there are no planks available for repairs...
...gravitation prevails. Stars are born, grow old, and die, and planets revolve around them. But the galactic units themselves must flee from one another. They were formed out of matter that was fleeing, and they must continue to flee. They are like jigsaw puzzles put together on a moving train. They must move in the same way that their unassembled pieces were moving...