Word: training
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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TRAVEL: Savvy vacationers are taking the train...
...these days a growing number of savvy vacationers are leaving the car in the garage and bypassing the airport. They are going in style, taking scenic and luxury train trips on which the fun -- and a bit of fantasy -- begins with the venerable two-tone cry "All abooo-ard!" Recreational rail travel is on a roll. Some 4.8 million passengers toured the country on specialty trains last year, in contrast with 2 million riders ten years ago. The attractions can include unspoiled panoramas, relaxed atmosphere -- with someone else in the driver's seat -- comfortable sleeping quarters and lively service...
Whatever the obstacles, the conservative governments of Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Bonn and Prime Minister Lothar de Maziere in East Berlin are pressing full speed ahead. Kohl in particular is determined, as he puts it, "not to miss the unification train, which may not come another time." With a large majority in both Germanys supporting merger -- even though there are some reservations as to speed and cost -- the Chancellor is planning to hold all- German elections in early December...
True, there is some recourse. Grocery stores at some major train stations are open evenings and Sundays, and increasingly, gas stations have tacked on convenience stores. Restaurants can do business, although some restaurateurs, charmingly, take Saturday night off. Two other exceptions: pastry shops and florists are allowed to stay open on Sundays. You can always eat cake. Or maybe flowers...
...Bellotti and lieutenant governor Evelyn Murphy, the third surviving candidate, will train their guns on Silber, whom they fear for his brains, bile and ability to dominate the news. Says pollster Gerry Chervinsky: "If he gets going on substance, Silber is going to win." He would be a formidable general-election candidate whose stern morality could draw Reagan Democrats back to the party and attract liberal Republicans...