Word: armand
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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SEVERAL years ago, Louis Armand, former head of the French national railways, lunched with seven U.S. railroad presidents. At that time, he recalls, "I remarked that sooner or later they would have to face up to the question of nationalizing American railroads. They all roared with laughter." Last week, in the midst of the Penn Central's financial fiasco, no one was laughing at the idea any more. Transportation Secretary John Volpe warned Congress that if the Administration's bill to guarantee loans for railroads fails to pass, and other roads fall into bankruptcy, the only alternative would...
...Armand Schwab, Jr. Jules S. Golden
Last week a Frenchwoman was up and doing well with just such a radioactive source in her chest. In an operation at Hopital Broussais in Paris, Drs. Paul Laurens and Armand Piwnica had successfully performed the first human implant of an atomic pacemaker in Suzanne Peragin, 58. If all goes well, the device should sustain her without further operations for the rest of her life, giving her heart a boost to 65 beats per minute whenever it begins to falter...