Word: rails
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...losing interest in watching news reports or reading them. In his article, Tsvetov told of the intense curiosity of Soviet audiences in asking him what Japan and its people were really like. He confessed that in his own reporting from Tokyo, a one-hour work stoppage on a suburban rail line would become "a class battle," while a concert by a group of Soviet amateur musicians would be portrayed as a "triumph of Soviet art that shook Japan." Tsvetov concluded by calling on Soviet journalists to rid themselves of the "stereotyped mentality that forces them to describe news events only...
...racing, run on an 85-ft. sawdust oval track, and the porkers do not dawdle: the swiftest swine cross the finish line in 5 or 6 sec. In his best Kentucky Derby style, Holding calls the race: "Pigmalion's first out of the box, with the lead on the rail. Hamtrak settles into second, with Flying Frank third." Suddenly his voice rises excitedly: "Here comes Boaris Karloff on the outside, closing fast around the final turn!" Holding is drowned out by the shouts of the crowd as the pack pounds down the stretch to the finish, where a chocolate-cream...
...London meeting, Zimbabwe was negotiating to extend its existing trade agreement with South Africa. Over the long term the black states can reduce their dependence on the South African ports of Durban and Port Elizabeth by developing alternative trade routes, like the existing but inadequate highway and rail line between Zambia and the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam. Zimbabwe will begin to divert freight from South Africa to Mozambique over roads and rail lines that are frequently sabotaged by Mozambican rebels supported from inside South Africa. But for the moment Pretoria's black neighbors are exceedingly vulnerable...
...Colt .44-cal. Army-model revolver of the type issued to officers before 1862 --in all, about $500 worth of gear. His interest was in the historical significance of the battle, which saw the first appearance of rifled cannons and the first movement of troops into battle by rail. "None of these generals had ever handled so many thousands of troops before," he marveled. An estimated 35,000 Confederates and about the same number of Union troops took part in the real battle, though accounts vary, and about 6,500 soldiers and camp followers joined in the re-enactment...
...recognize that pro sports are as much about greed as glory and cheered on by local boosters who feel that no city can call itself big league without a pro-football team. More than mere football, the struggle was redolent of the battles among 19th century steel and rail barons, who paid lip service to the virtues of free markets and then fought like mad to corner them...