Word: amtrak
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those not quick enough to get tickets on the council's buses, alternatives include taking a Peter Pan Bus or an Amtrak train...
...aircraft. I.P.A. president Robert Miller, echoing the Teamsters, declares that his pilots are no longer prepared to accept salaries below the industry average. Elsewhere, a slew of collective-bargaining confrontations is upcoming, but none with the public impact of UPS. President Clinton averted a potential strike by Amtrak workers last week. The United Food and Commercial Workers, representing 44,000 supermarket workers in Northern California, has a contract expiring in February. "UPS was important," says David Smith, public-policy director for the AFL-CIO, "but it doesn't make any of these negotiations a walk in the park...
Carroll also intends to make poetry available to people in less desperate straits. He has plans to extend his distribution efforts to Delta Airlines flights and Amtrak trains leaving Washington. He chose The Raven for Halloween. Around Valentine's Day, he'll distribute love poems...
...train leaves New York City at 8 a.m., heading west at 90 m.p.h. Another train leaves Chicago an hour later, heading east at 80 m.p.h. When do the two trains meet, and how much should Amtrak subsidize them...
Congress must not reduce but rather increase Amtrak funding in light of new air-safety worries. Even the QE2 is regaining its old popularity as a transatlantic carrier. MARVIN L. DOUDNA West Palm Beach, Florida...