Word: railings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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ACCESS. West Berlin is linked to its markets in West Germany by three autobahn routes, four rail lines and four waterways. The Allied powers insist that the Soviet Union must ensure the right of free passage between West Germany and West Berlin. The Western powers, for example, have proposed sealed trains that would roll untouched through East Germany. The Soviets refuse. They maintain that since the routes pass through the German Democratic Republic, it is up to the West Germans and West Berliners to negotiate with the East Germans. Such an agreement would mean that the West recognizes East German...
...looks like a good hustle, fiscally speaking. Why, on the first day alone, the two betting parlors in Forest Hills and Grand Central Station and a phone joint pulled in a nifty $62,306! But like you said, Al, where's the class? No leaning over the rail cheering them babies home, no hanging around the paddock with Charlie Highpockets and Danny the Dip. Just stand in line-hoo, boy, what lines!-and place your bets...
...shown glimmerings of success in some cases. The Aerospace Association's President Harr estimates that the industry now handles $2.5 billion worth of non-aerospace business annually, including urban studies, pollution control and housing. For example, the Rohr Corp., a subcontractor of airplane parts, two years ago began studying rail-transit problems and has since won a profitable, $66.7 million contract to construct cars for San Francisco's new rapid-transit system. Railroads of all kinds are the projects most often mentioned as possible conversion targets for the aerospace industry. Says Dr. Richard Michaels, research director of Northwestern University...
...public, Taipei's leaders continue to rail against "appeasement." But in private a more realistic reassessment of Taiwan's future is under way. Some Taiwanese fret that anything so dramatic as walking out of the U.N. the moment Communist China comes in might cost the Chiang regime much of its good will in the U.S., and thus accelerate the trend toward U.S. accommodation with Peking. As one Nationalist official puts it, the great fear is that ultimately "a two-China policy might lead to a one-China policy." By that he meant a situation under which...
...result is boredom. The scraping and painting that busied generations of seamen are no longer necessary. The Europoort, for example, is coated with 600 tons of nearly impervious paint that requires a cosmetic fix only once every two years. Seasickness, which used to keep novice seamen running for the rail, is only a memory. The huge beam of the VLCCs-close to 200 ft.-makes them extremely stable, even in rough storms. Faced with up to four months at sea, Europoort's crewmen complain that the money ($300 a month) does not compensate for the monotony. More and more...