Word: hauls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Railpax seems likely to save some passenger trains from becoming extinct, but it will hardly work miracles in restoring long-haul service, which attracts mainly sightseers. Few passengers are still willing to spend three days traveling coast to coast, or two days from the Northeast to Texas. The legislation empowers Transportation Secretary John Volpe to decide what routes Railpax must serve at the outset. He will probably order continued service over heavily traveled corridors, particularly between Boston and Washington. Some long runs that draw varying amounts of patronage-for example, the Northeast to Florida, Chicago to New Orleans...
Several members of the expedition theorized that the bronze "poor box" was cast away by a thief, angered by such a small haul...
...sedan listed at $2,959. Called the 411, it is slightly more than 20 in. longer than the 158.6-in. standard beetle, and wider and much heavier. When the 411 was introduced in Europe in 1968, critics complained that its 68-h.p. engine was not powerful enough to haul the car's weight and that the 411's interior was not well insulated against engine noise. VW states that the newest model, with 85 h.p. and added insulation, no longer has these problems. Still, some American critics who have tested the car claim that the 411 "drives like...
...Nixon also requires a measure of popular support, or at least quiescence, if he is continue to govern at home. Therefore it seems very likely that the next few months will see the Administration try to settle in for the long haul in Vietnam by smoothing out the rough edges of the war and trying to make it a little easier for the American public to accept. The draft can be "reformed" to take the pressure off troublesome college students. In time the policy of phased reductions might actually reduce the troop commitment in Vietnam...
...head and drive somewhere and break open the box," says New York Hackie Milt Pashkin. San Francisco cabbies refuse to use cashboxes already installed because they fear mixups over money after the boxes are unlocked at the garage. Other cabbies feel that even the lure of a $5 haul is enough for an addict desperate for a fix. Or, as a New York cabby put it, "they might beat up the driver because he's not carrying enough money. Lockboxes are fine for the owners because they protect the profits. No wonder owners are all for the idea, even...