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...large degree, Conrail's ills only reflect the wider problems besetting the nation's railroads. Though a healthy rail system is more essential than ever to save gasoline and carry coal, the industry has been held back for years by overregulation by the ICC, which keeps rates high in order to protect inefficient lines-and thus often makes the railroads uncompetitive with rival transport systems...
Others said the move would give wider credibility to Saturday's demonstration by indicating wider student support of the protest...
...Sudden change had brought an "early sophistication" to the young and a lessening of parental authority. Industrialization allowed a boy to earn a man's wage and end dependence on his parents at a younger age. Still, says Bahr, there is no evidence that the generation gap is wider today than in 1924: parents and their offspring quarrel about the same amount, and mostly about the same subjects...
Dissent in the Soviet Union itself is colored by these factors. In the Baltic provinces, which were formerly independent but which Russia annexed in 1940, the human rights movement has been able to gain a wider base of support because of nationalist sentiment. This is particularly true in Lithuania, where the Catholic Church enjoys an influence in some degree analogous to that of Poland...
...that they could do the tough reporting, could cover the winners; none of that soft feature garbage, and so next election maybe they wouldn't be sent to the death-house of a loser's headquarters. Newton, Somerville, Southie: The votes mounted, the grins of the King people grew wider and the reporters--most of whom privately expressed dislike for the candidate who had become their meal ticket--chortled at their personal triumphs. Then the procession began...