Word: rails
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...increasing diplomatic contacts. Albania now has formal relations with 104 countries, double that of the late '70s. And at the party congress, Alia called for further increases in foreign trade. A key step in this direction came earlier this year when the Albanian stretch of a 40-mile rail link, for freight trains only, was opened between the town of Shkoder and the Yugoslav city of Titograd. The Albanians have also made deals with West European firms to obtain factory and telecommunications equipment, as well as diesel trucks...
Norfolk Southern, the nation's fourth largest railway, conceded defeat last week in its 18-month-long bid to buy Conrail, the now profitable Government- owned rail system. Early last year Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole had selected Norfolk Southern as the best qualified of 15 bidders to buy Conrail's freight-hauling business for $1.2 billion. Last February the Senate approved, and the much bruited merger seemed to be on track...
...willowy wife in mind, were cut so lean in the seat and thighs that Women's Wear Daily called the fit "impossible" for regular-size folks. Some department stores were stunned at Lauren's demand that they include in their displays so many props. Among them: cacti, split-rail fences and wagon wheels. Lauren soon moved on to other themes...
...aftermath of the plane attack, Sadiq pledged that the government would "try our level best to make sure that all means -- river, rail and air transport -- are made available so that aid reaches the needy." Yet as long as both sides continued their military operations, relief efforts seemed certain to remain suspended. In the meantime, roving gangs of bandits, armed tribesmen and Ugandan army deserters swarm through the rebel-held area...
Suppose he was standing beside the town's lone rail track and saw a train coming from the north at 80 m.p.h. and on the same track another train roaring toward him from the south at equal speed. What would he do? The recruit, said Johnson, thought a few seconds, then brightened and responded, "I'd run home and get my brother." The recruiter had never heard that answer, and asked what for. Said the young man: "My brother's never seen a train wreck...