Word: fra
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...essay by Jacob Burckhardt, the 19th century cultural historian best known for his The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860). Burckhardt's study of Italian altarpieces, originally published in German a year after his death in 1897, remains magisterially informative. And the accompanying reproductions, including work by Botticelli, Fra Angelico, Titian and Michelangelo, do more than supplement Burckhardt's text. They provide miraculous glimpses of an age when the artistic impulse and religious devotion were one and the same...
...weeks after the Amtrak-Conrail collision outside Baltimore that claimed 16 lives, investigators from the Federal Railroad Administration had yet to find an equipment failure that would account for the tragedy. Instead, said FRA Administrator John Riley, the probe was focusing on the "human performance" of the train crews -- and the evidence was disturbing...
Blood and urine samples from the Conrail crew indicated marijuana use by Engineer Richard Gates and Brakeman Edward Cromwell. Though the FRA has not said whether the amounts found are sufficient to prove Gates and Cromwell were intoxicated at the time, railroad workers are forbidden to work under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The National Transportation Safety Board now recommends that all trains operating between Washington and Boston be equipped with automatic braking devices that would stop a train even if engineers did not heed track signals...
...manufacturers praised the proposal, but the Footwear Retailers of America said that by making supply scarcer, the quotas would raise the price of imported shoes by 19% and domestic footwear by 11%. "It would be a disaster for the public," said FRA President Peter Mangione. The White House has until late August to accept, modify or reject the plan. Though Reagan opposes protectionism, the political pressure to help the shoemakers will be strong. In response to past ITC recommendations, the President has restricted motorcycle and steel imports...
Wilhelm, the man who made relief pitching an art, amassed a 143-122 record in 21 years on the mound. The knuckleballing hurler had a stellar 2.52 career FRA...