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...Union, I'm not going to give away a couple of aces" beforehand, he asserted. Dukakis retorted that Bush was refusing to make the hard choices among different types of military spending that the nation's budget stringencies mandate. For example, he said, the MX missile system mounted on railroad cars was a weapon "we don't need and can't afford," and the Administration was planning to spend "billions" on a Star Wars system that few if any reputable scientists think can work...
...debate down. How'd I do?" Bush asked a cheering crowd of supporters at a railroad amusement park in Jackson, Tenn...
...journalist, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the subway system, the airport and the railroad were running, but that many buses were not. He said many businesses were closed by a general strike...
...father started out shining shoes, mowing lawns and "watching cars" in that estimable neighborhood. When he eventually found formal work, ultimately as a brakeman on the railroad, it carried him far from home for considerable stretches. With a willow switch, Mary took charge. "She applied some disciplines just for discipline's sake," recalls Jackie, "like making us wear our clothes back-to-back. 'Why the same thing two days in a row?' I'd plead. 'Can't I stagger them?' 'No,' she'd say. 'This is the rule of the house...
...same lake so he can take his family on rides and picnics. Says he: "It's a trip into the days when our cares were a little bit different." The most fervent of all collectors is probably Alan Furth, former vice chairman of the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Railroad, who has acquired 61 boats. Over the years he has sold only...