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...Congressional Pronunciation Guide' was born." The fractured versifier is Republican Representative Charles Thone of Nebraska, who has just issued a third edition of his phonetic congressional directory. The six-page booklet was first suggested to Thone by a Nebraska radio announcer who was troubled by the frequent mispronunciation of political names over the air. Thone sent a questionnaire to every member of Congress, followed up with phone calls, and in 1971 issued his first pronunciation guide. Louisiana Congressman F. Edward Hébert shows up as (A-bear), Wisconsin Representative Henry Reuss as (ROYCE), Hawaiian Spark Matsunaga as (maht...
...Railway Association also proposed 16 new or improved passenger routes between Northeastern and Midwestern cities. Between New York and Washington, for example, all freight traffic would be removed from the main Penn Central line to track now owned by other companies in order to make way for speedier, more frequent passenger service. New trains would make the 224-mile run in 2½ hr.-30 min. faster than the present Metroliners. The alternative to its plan, says the association, is nationalization of the seven roads that Conrail would...
...steer. Unlike most long-distance runners, whose faces are studies in agony after the first lap, Bayi, 21, almost looks as if he is out for a leisurely Sunday lope; occasionally, he can be seen smiling faintly when his lead turns insurmountable. His only concessions to strain are frequent glances over his shoulder to see if anyone has kept...
Irish-born Thomas J. O'Hanlon, 41, has an additional excuse. He left home in 1957 for the U.S. and is now an American citizen and journalist. (Nearly 10 years ago he became an editor of FORTUNE.) The outbreak of violence in Northern Ireland in 1969 and frequent trips back to his splintered country convinced O'Hanlon "that the Irish had become the most interesting subjects for anyone who wanted to understand and write about the flabby human condition in the last part of the century of industrial man." In 1972-73, he set up temporary residence...
Photochemical oxidant pollution is most frequent with brisk southern winds and sunny days in the late spring and summer, while carbon monoxide pollution occurs most frequently in stagnant weather during peak traffic hours, he added...