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...animation last week. A strike brought most of the country's vast railroad network to a stop, idling three General Motors plants, stranding goods and produce on their way to market and even causing the cancellation of a performance by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Outside the Northeast, Amtrak passengers scrambled for rental cars and airline tickets as service that normally runs along freight lines was disrupted. The strike, however, was temporarily ended 48 hours after it began when Congress approved a bill calling for an arbitrator to settle the disagreement...
...Yard dorms have such impressive histories, however. Built in 1974, Canaday is the newest Yard residence. This massive dorm consists of seven rectangular buildings located in the northeast corner of the Yard...
...Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association (ITCA) recognized deLone as the Northeast Player of the Year...
Today, well over two-thirds of the Class of '96 hails from the public school system, compared to only half in '67. This shift corresponds also to the expanding geographic spread of the student body pool, away from the Northeast and out West...
...record buyers, their tastes enlivened by the spicier fare of Jamaican reggae and South African mbaqanga, demand more authentic sounds. In his new album, Brasileiro, Mendes digs deeper into his musical roots to produce a down-home sampler ranging from a lively baiao -- folk music from Brazil's northeast -- to an off-beat Bahian-style rap. There are lots of leisurely sambas too, but the best selections are those on which drummers from Rio's samba schools burst into the explosive rhythms that provide the sound track for the city's joyous carnival...