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High Plateau. The rails, whose spectacular traffic rise has helped them outfoot rising costs, were leveling-off. On their up-&-down profit line, the downs to date were slightly more numerous than the ups. Prime example on the down side: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. With a whacking $65,000,000 rise in its tax bill, profits dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EARNINGS: Rosy Grey | 2/7/1944 | See Source »

...therefore, is only natural that it does not need learning or many brains to make a fair runner, although to make a good racer brains are a prime requisite. From early youth one is confronted with running to the drug store etc, but when one has to outfoot someone that can make his less move as fast as you can, brains are needed, and the difference in brains is often the difference in great runners...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANYONE CAN BE A TRACK MAN SAYS E. L. FARRELL | 1/21/1927 | See Source »

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