Word: rails
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reindeer were a present from Major General Arne Dahl, commander of the Norwegian Army of the North, to the London Zoo. They had already traveled from Alta to Bergen, and had rocked along (their six stomachs somewhat queasy) from Bergen to Newcastle on the S.S. Jupiter, then by rail from Newcastle to London...
...reasons known only to himself, the Sandman awoke. First, he gained ground on the inside, then he tried the outside. Buzfuz was quitting, and the pacesetter, Fighting Frank, did not appear to have much fight left. In the stretch, Texas Sandman took the lead, wobbled a bit toward the rail, but brazened it out to win first place and $45,150. For a six-year-old, that was pretty good: almost 180 times his $250 purchase price as a yearling. A $2 win ticket on him was worth...
...Strikes gnawed bigger bites than ever before in the U.S. economy without increasing the power of the unions or the living standards of the workers. Most dramatic was the rail strike in May, which collapsed when Harry Truman threw the full weight of his presidential office at two men-whom few had heard of before and fewer have heard of since...
Both countries were happy over the deal, biggest of its kind in South America's history. The long-sought Cordillera Libre, a sort of limited trans-Andean customs union,* was established. Argentina agreed to lend Chile $175,000,000-$75 million for improving Chile's rail, road and sea links with Argentina, $75 million for Chilean industrial development, the rest for a revolving credit to get trade started...
...news of ICC's ruling sent rail stocks up one to three points the next day. Said Western Pacific's President Charles Elsey: "It's the first good news the railroads have had in a long time...