Word: railings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last Votes. Clearly, he hopes to position himself as a Southerner far different from Wallace. Although Carter too champions the common folk, he does not rail against big corporations; instead, he stresses his executive experience and managerial approach to problems. Yet he concedes that his attempt to cut into Wallace's expected margin of victory in the Florida primary may be crucial...
...could not take my eyes off her. She had splendid brown hair that bounced and she wore pastel blue like a picture in a 1940s magazine. It didn't look as though she smiled that much; she just gracefully extended her legs over the concrete ledge past the red rail and not even the foul balls--hot white smears that lunged her way after inside pitches--seemed to faze her. There were half a dozen men around her, and a little boy beside her; I was in the eighth row, in a chairback seat. It was the summer...
While more mass transit is a must, the statement says, new rail transit lines are "appropriate" in only "a few highly populated metropolitan areas." Elsewhere, top priority should go to improving existing bus and subway service, even if the money has to come from funds earmarked for roads...
...grandstand crowd bellied up to the rail, the jockeys eased their mounts into the gate. The starter held them there for a moment; then they were off. Nine two-year-olds broke into the head of the stretch and pounded past the grandstand in a cavalry charge. So far, it was just like any other horse race. But instead of rounding the turn and racing up the backstretch, the horses slowed to a stop. Fans swarmed onto the track and filled the air with flying Stetsons...
...take as many trains as possible from London to Tokyo-including a few spur lines of the moment-and then back again? This notion would no doubt horrify the hapless U.S. rail commuter and send him reeling back to the bar car. Yet in late 1973 Novelist Paul Theroux 35, spent four months chugging over just such an odyssey. Surprisingly, he not only survived but entertainingly tells the tale...