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Word: pedic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Generations of Britons have made a hobby of Bradshaw, the defunct, encyclo pedic railway guide that Sherlock Holmes knew by heart. A fervent Brad shaw buff's severest censure of a fellow devotee: "He is rather weak on his Sun day locals." Nonetheless, Beeching last week was going ahead with a 1 5-year, $4.2 billion cost cutting program. "Railways," sighed a British Transport Commission official, "will never be the same again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Dr. Beeching's Bitter Pill | 4/6/1962 | See Source »

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