Word: railroads
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Fifteen years ago, the 3.2-acre site of Harborplace was part of a 250-acre wasteland of rotting wharves, markets, warehouses and railroad yards, the worst of Baltimore's then decrepit downtown. Its transformation into the commercial and social centerpiece of the Inner Harbor and the energizing jolt it has sent through the entire city are the result of $20 million worth of construction, plus the ideas and energy of an affable Marylander named James Wilson Rouse...
When rail unions struck that same year, Roosevelt put the War Department in charge of the railroads. Harry Truman similarly ordered strike-bound coal mines seized in 1946, railroads in 1950 and steel mills in 1952. Richard Nixon in 1970 sent military troops into post offices where federal employees had illegally left their jobs. Still, taking on the controllers was not quite as difficult as facing down coal, steel, railroad and postal workers?who have far more members and political clout than doesPATCO...
...with 5 million daily passengers. With an operating deficit of $500 million for this fiscal year, the state's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) two weeks ago upped subway and bus fares from 60? to 75? and raised the prices of commuter tickets on Conrail and the Long Island Railroad by an average of 25%. The MTA also threatened to hike fares to $1 by mid-July unless the state legislature covered an estimated shortfall of $331 million The legislature finally approved a Band-Aid package of new taxes last week, including a .75% tax on the gross receipts...
...remarks as he was leaving his press conference, the President accused the Speaker of "sheer demagoguery." Reagan recalled the modest frame house his family rented in Dixon, Ill., where he lived from age eight to 13. "We didn't live on the wrong side of the railroad tracks, but we lived so close to them we could hear the whistle real loud. I know very much about the working group. I grew up in poverty...
American travelers are snubbing Italy, and with good reason. Twice last week air traffic controllers staged strikes, freezing activity at all the airports for two days. Other strikes by airline, railroad and public transportation employees have sputtered on and off for months, adding to the frustrations of foreign visitors...