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Word: bitious (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Tangled Midwest. To be sure, the merger trend among U.S. railroads is nothing new (see map). But the plans for the Penn Central were the most am bitious yet. As Saunders promoted them, his tireless determination seemed to promise eventual success. Inevitably, it gave new impetus to a growing roster of other corporate unions: ¶ In the East, the coal-rich Norfolk & Western and the Chesapeake & Ohio-Baltimore & Ohio are moving toward a merger that will probably be consummated some time in 1970. The C. & O. took effective control of the B. & O. five years ago in a move that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Railroads: Toward the 21st Century Ltd. | 1/26/1968 | See Source »

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