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...labor and energy costs continued to shoot up, fares generally were paying only about half the operating costs. Increased ridership actually exacerbated the problem: rush-hour crowds require heavier overhead, but do not generate enough revenue to cover all off-hour operations. A pattern emerged in which budget deficits were picked up by the Federal Government or, more often, the states. The politics of mass transit sharpened old rivalries: downstate vs. upstate, rural vs. urban...
...back again. Sanders was arrested at the finish of his 37th trip and charged with grand theft and possession of stolen property; he had been driving buses that did not happen to belong to him. As a police official put it with considerable understatement, "He had a very low overhead...
...Olympics, is the most seasoned skater of the current crop. She carried the day with a blend of experienced sang-froid and virtuoso spins. In a contortionist move of her own contriving, she grabbed her left leg behind her back with both hands and stretched it high overhead, while spinning at dazzling speed on her right leg. The Biellmann spin is breathtaking, but she lacks the athletic triple jumps that have become the sport's new measuring stick. With the new emphasis on athleticism, led by young crickets like Zayak, Biellmann may be the last women's champion...
...slightly beat-up set, with Cronkite in the middle of what looks like a newspaper copy desk, is the way Cronkite wants it. Let other networks experiment with big anchor desks like airline counters, glitzy overhead lighting like a Vegas hotel lobby, or space-age backdrops of multiple TV screens-Cronkite knows the value, in maintaining listener loyalty, of what he calls the "old shoe" factor. It irritates him when young interviewers ask him how much of the broadcast he writes, as if this alone distinguishes a newsman from an announcer (his written contribution is "purely whimsical-from...
...Transportation Drew Lewis broached the plan to auto executives in Detroit late last month. Though the specifics have not been hammered out, the Administration hopes to get the companies to sell harder in overseas markets, put more money into plant modernization and research, improve quality control and slash overhead costs. That would include deep cuts in the ranks of executives. The United Auto Workers will be asked to accept wage restraints, perhaps in return for profit sharing...