Word: central
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fatefulness of such a step. I do not see how it could fail to produce a serious increase in the existing military tension in Europe. It would be bound to raise a grave problem for the Russians in respect of their own military dispositions . . . Any Russian withdrawal from Central and Eastern Europe may become unthinkable once...
...kind of governor. Unarmed and unguarded, Foot walked through the streets of Nicosia to assess the damage, mingled with shopkeepers. "A governor with guts," admitted Greek and Turk alike, and cheered him. Next day Foot paid a surprise visit to twelve Greek women terrorists held in Nicosia's central prison, ordered two of them released immediately on grounds of health...
Railmen argue that passengers must carry more of the load because of the railroads' sharply falling freight business. Passenger losses ate up 52% of the Pennsylvania's freight profit in the first eight months of 1957, and 61% of the New York Central's. Says an official of Illinois Central, whose overall net is down from last year's $23.8 million to $16.5 million: "We've just got to sew up some of the holes in our pockets...
Taxes are one big item in making commuter traffic a losing proposition. Airlines, trucks and buses serving Manhattan use modern, publicly built terminals and highways. But the New York Central and New Haven shelled out an $11.5 million city tax bill in 1956 on Grand Central Terminal and its 5.4-mile approach, a $2,000,000 increase since 1952. Furthermore, railroads must maintain cut-rate "incentive" commuter fares in hours of peak demand. A New Haven commutation ticket between New York and Greenwich, Conn, cuts the round-trip fare to $1.06 (v. straight-ticket cost of $2.20). Park Forest...
Even where other facilities such as buses exist, the roads must keep unprofitable lines running, though suburban travel is now compressed to rush periods twice a day. Nearly 90% of the Pennsylvania's suburban trains stand idle in off-peak hours, and the New York Central uses its $60 million commuter facilities at full capacity only 13% of the time...