Word: tram
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...McCloskey. But McGovern backers have had difficulty getting local students to work hard for their man. "I think these kids are into not being radical now," explains Frances Bennotti, a McGovern worker manning a campus campaign table in Durham. Nor does the issue necessarily hurt Nixon. Dick Allison, a tram conductor at the Cannon Mountain ski area, lost a cousin in Viet Nam. He considers the war a tragic mistake, but defends the Administration's pace of withdrawal. "I don't like just walking out now," he says...
...divine right as star of the film and through no readily apparent merit of her own. As Polly Browne, understudy cum assistant stage manager of a seedy British theater, she is called out one day to replace the aging star (Glenda Jackson) who has hurt her foot in a tram accident. Remember, credibility is not the point. Just before Polly is due to go on--and face the sparse matinee audience--the moment occurs that pushes the film straight into baroque fantasy from what appeared to be a straightforward musical...
...blindfolded. There is a reason for that: headlights must be dimmed or even doused for much of the trip because of marauding aircraft. At the end of his run, a driver unloads his cargo at a transfer point and heads back for more. Each section, called a binh tram (logistical support) system, is under a separate command. "The man who runs a binh tram system is Mr. Greyhound," says a U.S. Air Force officer. "He says 'Send them down' or 'Hold them.' " Shipping time for any one load: about two months...
Meanwhile, North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces moved closer to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh yesterday, surrounding the town of Tram Khnar, located on the main highway 25 miles south of the capital. They also attacked a key highway junction and blew up a bridge...