Word: rails
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...kept it there. Expertly handled by Willie Hartack, the big bay ran in the center of the field through the first two quarters, moved into contention on the turn. Bold Ruler, one of the early front runners, flicked another horse's heel while moving away from the rail, lurched and was left hopelessly behind. Swinging to the outside, Jockey Hartack nudged Barbizon into a thundering stretch drive that carried him past the field to a thin victory over Runner-Up Federal Hill. For his day's work, Barbizon collected a whopping $168,430.50, more than any other...
...atomic-energy techniques at the Spanish-language University of Puerto Rico. But the atom's promise lies some years ahead. As the supercommittee deliberated, the U.S. Export-Import Bank met one of Latin America's most urgent needs by lending $100 million to Argentina, where the rail and highway system is near the breakdown point for lack of locomotives and trucks...
...last year, including everything from autos to seashells. The waterway has also opened up the Gulf's vast natural resources at bargain-basement prices. By using strings of heavily laden barges, businessmen can ship goods north and south at rates anywhere from 20% to 50% cheaper than by rail or truck. The saving, says the U.S. Corps of Engineers, which built the waterway, amounts to a whopping $83 million annually, more than the entire $65 million construction cost since the canal was first started...
...Schlitz floats 8,000-case bargeloads (equal to 45 boxcars) to Houston by inland waterway from the Great Lakes, saves 40% on transportation costs. Most of the oil industry's steel drilling pipe comes in by barge at $9 per ton v. $17 per ton by rail. The savings are so impressive that Union Carbide & Carbon has dredged a nine-mile cut to the waterway to ship goods from its chemical plant at Seadrift, Texas, while Chemstrand Corp. dredged a 22-mile channel near Tallahassee, Fla., to give its huge nylon plant access...
INTERCITY MONORAIL between Fort Worth and Dallas, which would cost about $500,000 a mile, is being considered by Monorail Inc. and Texas Motor Coaches. Experimental version of high-speed train, which runs on suspended rail supported by steel towers, has been operating in Houston...