Word: transit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...less one of them: never pausing in a particular place for longer than a day or two, breaking away from friends when I'd barely found them out, too often moving on reluctantly. It was pretty awesome how much company I had: all of us feeling trapped in perpetual transit, even though some of us knew we were slated to come to a standstill, eventually, in this house or on that date...
...moves as his refusal to call out the National Guard during the 1967 garbage strike in New York City. And in order to guarantee re-election in 1970 in his overwhelmingly Democratic state, Rockefeller was forced to take liberal positions on abortion, the 18-year-old vote, and mass transit...
...most pressing U.S. problems is mass transit-so it might seem that a company with plans for speeding the movement of people from home to office was well positioned to prosper. Not so: when inflation and recession struck, city fathers and taxpayers rebelled against any projects that did not seem absolutely essential. Among companies caught with unfulfillable dreams of tomorrow, none has suffered more than Rohr Industries, Inc. of Chula Vista, Calif...
...More People-Movers. For a time, Rohr sold enough vehicles to long-planned transit systems to push sales to nearly half a billion dollars last fiscal year. Nonetheless, it reported a $7 million loss, its first in 15 years. That was followed by a deficit of $47 million for the first nine months of fiscal 1976, which ended May 2. The company has suspended all dividend payments and is asking 18 banks and insurance companies to work out a new credit agreement (the lenders have already waived most provisions of a $110 million long-term loan). Meanwhile, the company...
...landing orders for developmental work on new Navy ships. Garry's most pressing task, however, is to persuade lenders to give Rohr more time to raise needed cash by finding buyers for its ill-fated ventures. If Rohr cannot complete an orderly retreat from the future of mass transit, its own future may have vanished...