Word: rail
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...importance of face. Courtesy has an esthetic value in the East that means far more than mere good manners do in Western eyes. Courtesy, in fact, is more of a virtue than honesty-hence the widespread acceptance of bribery and the sense of offended dignity when Westerners rail at the practice. It is impolite to ruffle another with one's own negative emotions; if one must refer to a recent bereavement, for instance, one does so with a happy grin, and officers arrested after abortive coups are often photographed smiling softly to themselves...
Antwerp has been blessed by history, geography and its neighbor's good roads. The single superhighway leading from the city fortunately connects with the German autobahn, and excellent canal and rail links tie Antwerp to the rest of Europe. Compared with its bigger competitors for investment, Belgium is more centrally located than Italy or Britain, more politically friendly than France, and farther from the Iron Curtain than West Germany. In the hunt for new business, Antwerp since 1956 has spent $100 million to clear industrial sites and double its harbor capacity, plans to have the port ready...
...attitude that forces us to think of this railroad as an extension of the shipper's total distribution system ... It compels us to use the very latest tools at our command . . . Gone are the days of Casey Jones. This rail road is changing...
...lucrative hobby. "The track," he explains, "is an extension of the pulse and rhythmic beat of the city, and these are the roots of my music." Indeed, the rumble of hooves has been known to inspire him to a dash off a few themes while hanging on the rail. In his Dramatic Movement for Orchestra, for instance, the slam-bang finale is his version of the horses thundering down the stretch at Aqueduct...
...length lead which he widened to as much as four lengths in the backstretch. Abe's Hope, second choice of the bettors at 3-1, was hopelessly outrun. One by one, Kauai King's other challengers made their moves. Braulio Baeza rushed Stupendous up along the rail; Earlie Fires ranged up on the outside aboard Blue Skyer; Johnny Sellers took Advocator wide, came within inches of wresting the lead away from Kauai King on the last turn. "I had him hooked," sighed Sellers afterward, "but I didn't have enough horse...