Word: depending
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Another important requirement for high speed, according to Selfert, is a very straight route. "The present right-of-way is so full of curves that you might as well forget about it," he said. The choice of a new route would depend on the kind of equipment used...
Coloring Books. Now that the other lines have countered with competitive fares and schedules and newer equipment (P.S.A.'s jets will not be delivered until next spring), Pacific Southwest intends to depend even more on its friendly and informal approach. Its stewardesses distribute airplane coloring books and "first flight" certificates to children, pass out holiday greeting cards that poke gentle fun at passengers. P.S.A.'s reservation clerks are surrounded by signs that say: "Pleasant Service A-lways." The line even sponsors contests, sometimes awarding the free use of a whole Electra as a prize. And when its president...
...years since U.S. Army engineers carved the present seaway out of the Panamanian jungle, the canal has proved one of the wonders of the world. Today some 50% of Japan's exports to the West pass through the canal; such South American nations as Ecuador, Peru and Chile depend on it for between 75% and 90% of their total imports and exports. But ships have slowly outgrown the intricate network of three lock systems that carry them across the hump of the isthmus, and trade is expanding far beyond the canal's capacity to handle it. Over...
...called the court's implication that such a law might be valid if the state could show "some overriding statutory purpose." Said Stewart: "I think it is simply not possible for a state law to be valid under our Constitution which makes the criminality of an act depend on the race of the actor." Although the majority stuck to the limits of the specific case before it, it seems likely that Stewart's views will be the court's when it finally faces up to the constitutionality of laws affecting interracial marriage...
Second, it might be several years before construction could begin on the Bennett St. site. The MBTA is definitely committed to selling the Yards, but the speed of the sale will depend on how fast the MBTA can formulate its master plan for extending rapid transit to 78 outlying metropolitan communities...