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...Finally, passenger trains have also been increased in length. Until a few years ago a typical train had about 15 carriages. IR officials discovered that a passenger-train journey could earn a profit with 24 carriages, which became the target length. By pushing the "quicker, heavier, longer" mantra, rail bosses have also been able to improve services. For example, in 2006 IR began offering special express trains on certain routes such as the run between New Delhi and Agra, home of the Taj Mahal. Tourists making day trips to India's most popular tourist attraction now can book online...
...succession of gymkhanas, parties and inexhaustible supplies of American comics. But it was all colored by a guilt-edged curiosity at the poverty and brutality he saw on his frequent bike rides around the rest of Shanghai - trips about which his mother later claimed to know nothing. Arm's-length parenting was common in this social set, writes Ballard, with children often treated as "an appendage to their parents, somewhere between the servants and an obedient Labrador." He claims these were happy days, yet time and again he mourns, without rancor, the lack of parental warmth, which he blames...
...Committee to Review College Governance that founded the UC in 1982.Dowling spoke at the UC’s Feb. 18 meeting, where he urged the Council not to seek to appoint students to the committee.“The review has to be at arm’s length from the Council itself,” Dowling said, citing concerns that it would look to students “like it’s an inside job.” Dowling was out of the office yesterday and could not be reached for comment.UC President Matthew L. Sundquist...
...drives down the right side and scores around his man easily with 9 seconds to play. No timeout, and Princeton goes the length of the floor. Koncz puts it up and misses. The Tigers get two chances at the tip in, the first misses badly, the second goes IN AND OUT as the buzzer sounds. We've got overtime at Lavietes as Harvard scores eight straight to force it! Harvard 61, Princeton...
...heck of a finish at Lavietes. After an ugly Dan McGeary drive, Harris recovers and puts it back to pull Harvard within 4. Then, Harris steals Princeton's attempted length of the court pass trying to break Harvard's full court press. A Housman drive and miss leads to Harris tapping the offensive rebound to Fitzgerald who puts it in. A Fitzgerald block on the other end gives Harvard the chance for the tie with just 17 seconds to play