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...result, Amtrak's critics are growing increasingly vocal. The National Association of Railroad Passengers is trying to block congressional reappointment of Roger Lewis as Amtrak president this year. NARP, a Washington, D.C., group that lobbied for the creation of Amtrak, accuses the line's executives of kowtowing to the private railroads that allow Amtrak to use their tracks. NARP charges that Amtrak trains were illegally delayed 2,398 times by private-line freight trains last November and December. "Amtrak is both fantastic and terrible," says NARP Chairman Anthony Haswell. "In terms of re-creating a public enthusiasm...
...Office of Career Services and Off-Campus learning announced today the appointment of three new staff members and the creation of two new positions to analyze future labor market trends and to help students in planning leaves of absence...
...Army [Feb. 18] did not invent its symbol, the seven-headed cobra. This is an old symbol of Hindu mythology, representing first a Naga, a sacred serpent born of Kadru and the sage Kasyapa. then the serpent-king Sesha, who is usually associated with the god Vishnu in the creation of the world. The picture of this symbol is probably taken from an esoteric book by James Churchward, The Sacred Symbols...
Watergate is a result of basic errors in the routine organization of the White House under the Nixon administration, he said, because the creation of a staff that mirrored Nixon's own policies and desires disrupted the system of administrative checks and balances...
...with CBS on the issue. Writing in his periodic column for the Book Review, Leonard looked askance at a personnel agreement that all CBS employees are required to sign. The employee must agree that "any 'Idea' (a writing, discovery, invention, design or intellectual or artistic property or creation of any kind or nature) which relates to or is suggested by my work for you and which is conceived or created by me while I am employed by you, whether or not during working hours or alone or jointly with others, shall be promptly disclosed to you and shall...