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...with neon signs and with a skyline of high-rise office and apartment buildings. Bustling Bombay pays fully a third of all India's income taxes. Its wide harbor handles some 15 million tons of cargo annually, and its burgeoning industry ranges from the traditional textile mills that owe their beginning to the U.S. Civil War, when the Union blockade cut off cotton from the South, to brand-new petrochemical plants. The city's 4,500,000 people are crowded into a narrow, palm-dotted peninsula that has a greater population density than London or New York...
Many of the nation's great railroads owe their size to the fusing of shorter lines over the years. The New York Central grew out of 400 independently constructed and operated lines, and the mighty Pennsylvania was forged out of 600 separate lines. But many of the short lines stayed short-and today they play a little known but important role in the shadow of the giants. The U.S. now has about 450 short-line railroads, whose trackage varies in length from less than a mile to 200 miles. Far from dying out, the short lines are prospering...
...Owe Russia $1,200, Hope...
...Owe Russia $1,200, Hope...
...Owe Russia $1,200, Hope...