Word: railroad
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Make-work union rules are also common in other industries. Morgan Reynolds, a labor economist at Texas A&M, notes that in the railroad business, one of the country's most heavily unionized industries, firemen are often mandatory on diesel locomotives, which do not require them. On non-union railroads, two crewmembers suffice to do the job for which union railroad must employ five. Often, union rules require that railroad workers receive a full day's pay for a few hours work...
...Hope, Raisa describes her early years as one of three children of a railroad engineer in Siberia. Money was so tight that she did not own a real overcoat until she went to college. "Everybody remembers the coat," she says. "It really was a milestone in the family history...
...death of the river may help change all that. The National Transportation Safety Board has long argued for stronger, safer cars for carrying so-called environmentally sensitive chemicals, and the idea has gained support on Capitol Hill, where the Federal Railroad Safety Act is up for revision. Scientists say it may be 10 years before the Sacramento River has fully recovered. Perhaps by then tanker cars will be safe enough to guarantee that a disaster like last week's can not happen again...
...fundamentals of American history need not be threatened as we expand to cover other important elements, such as the contributions of African Americans, Asian Americans and Hispanics. For example, in telling of building the transcontinental railroad, the contributions of Irish and Chinese laborers were for many years ignored. The Asian contributions to early California agriculture are very seldom mentioned. Some people may fear that more attention on minority groups may have the effect of dividing people. But in a complex society, there are many different elements, and we should view this as a unique opportunity to build strength...
...chance. The county, 35 miles south of Chicago, prevailed in an intense 15-month bidding contest against 20 other sites in Illinois and neighboring Iowa, Indiana and Wisconsin. Will County won by building a $300,000 road, finding $150,000 in state funds for a training program, extending a railroad spur to the plant's back door, negotiating with the owner of the 37-acre site to drop its price, and even renaming its county highway for Coilplus...