Word: coimbra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Portuguese emigrant workers, pulled out of the main station at Oporto, on Portugal's Atlantic coast, and headed east, destination Paris. Two hours later, a westbound local rumbled out of the Guarda station, some 80 miles southeast of Oporto, and sped toward its final destination, the city of Coimbra. But a fatal miscalculation, which railway officials later attributed to "human error," permitted the two trains to pursue their opposing courses along the same track...
...technically a vacation because it's privately financed," explained Richard McKinnon, executive assistant to Vellucci. He added that the mayor is currently in Coimbra. Portugal, and will travel to Gaeta. Italy later this week for a 10-day stay. Vellucci will return to the United States December 4, in time for the next city council meeting...
...trip has already meant work for the East Cambridge resident. In keeping with his commitment to mutual aid between the sibling cities. Vellucci this week sent a telegram from Coimbra to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) asking for relief for the town, which has been ravaged by recent floods...
Cambridge's current sister cities include Cambridge. England: Coimbra, Portugal: and Gaeta, Italy...