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...ship, an atrium five decks high forms a main lobby, complete with glass elevators and towering fountains. There is nothing modest about the new ship, from her name, Sovereign of the Seas, freshly painted in bright blue letters across the bow, to her size. Sovereign ranks as the largest cruise liner in the world, capable of carrying 2,690 passengers and 750 crew members. The venerable Queen Elizabeth 2, by comparison, accommodates 1,909 passengers...
Four years ago Southern Pacific agreed to merge with the Santa Fe railroad to form what would be the second largest U.S. line, after Burlington Northern (25,500 miles). The Interstate Commerce Commission, though, ruled that the combination stifled competition and that the new Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. must dispose of one of its lines. Last week the company said it would sell the Southern Pacific to the Rio Grande for $1.8 billion, creating the fifth biggest U.S. railroad...
...living specters of the old cold war, of which Nixon was a ^ battle-hardened veteran. Even so, the election results in November were a portrait of a society deeply divided. Nixon and Humphrey split the popular vote almost evenly (at 43%), and George Wallace won 13.5% in the largest third-party turnout since Robert La Follette...
...first unhappy surprise for Americans came at dawn Viet Nam time on Jan. 30, 1968. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked Da Nang, the second largest city in South Viet Nam, and seven other major towns. Almost 24 hours later, they mounted a wave of near simultaneous attacks throughout South Viet Nam. They hit 36 of the country's 44 provincial capitals. They overran all but a corner of the historic former capital at Hue. Communists penetrated the heart of Saigon. They attacked the U.S. embassy, the presidential palace, the government radio station. All this was the work...
...Reagan Administration was delighted with the attack. "It is in fact the largest single operation that the resistance has carried out," noted a State Department military analyst. He declared the drive a strategic success because it targeted Sandinista staging areas and income-producing gold mines. State Department Spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley credited "military pressure" with bringing the Sandinistas to the bargaining table...