Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Candidates who try to avoid issues are an ancient blight on the American political landscape; but only recently have they perfected the sleight-of-hand by which silence becomes an unbeatable advantage. In 1976 Jimmy Carter stepped into a closed railroad car, and rode it straight to the White House; no one caught a glimpse of the man anywhere along the way. Other candidates are trying to take that same ride today...
...waves to old friends as they drift off, feeling only an elusive, half-real sense of loss. Above her loom massive gray factory walls with their vast mosaic of windows, painted-over green, cracked and dirty. Only one of the four black smokestacks exhales into the sky. The railroad tunnels that run beneath the building are empty, and the moaning central paint ovens have fallen silent...
...When a railroad worker retires, the company traditionally gives him a gold watch. When Educational Statesman Clark Kerr retires later this month at 68, his nonprofit firm, the 15-member Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education, will mark the occasion in its own special style, by issuing a 155-page report on a weighty and favorite theme: the equivocal prospects of U.S. higher education...
...sweetener). The remainder, before Carter's embargo, was destined for export, along with 36% of the 1979 crop of soybeans and 60% of the year's wheat. The embargo is expected to reduce overall exports from the '79 grain crop by 8%. Most export grain travels by barge or railroad car to ships in New Orleans and the Texas Gulf ports. At Houston, Cargill Inc., one of the world's biggest grain exporters, receives up to 300 railroad cars of grain a day. The grain is transferred by a conveyor system to towering, 125-ft. elevators (capacity: 4 million...
...California from Germany, plans to keep production at the present level while concentrating on improving quality. Joseph Phelps, a Colorado-based construction tycoon, planted his first vines in 1973 on the slopes of Napa's Spring Valley area. The winery is made of lumber from century-old railroad bridges; its vineyards range from 200 ft. above sea level to 660 ft., where mists and cool breezes are ideal for noble whites. Phelps also makes Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, some of which are sold under the label Le Fleuron at a sensible price (around $5.75). In another of its several...