Word: rails
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ride the train to work suddenly were forced to take to the highways in cars and buses, producing traffic jams up to 17 miles long. In St. Louis, General Motors shut down its truck plant and laid off 2,350 workers after running out of parts usually delivered by rail. And in Maine, the Acton Corp., the largest purveyor of brown eggs in the country, narrowly averted a foul-up when it sent five trucks to bring in 100 tons of corn, thereby ensuring that its 4 million DeKalb hens would not miss dinner after...
Getting to work or play called for some serious ambulatory action, separate strikes shut down the national rail system twice and the London Underground subway once. Getting to the nation's free national health service called for some serious luck, the service's nurses union punctuated the summer with periodic strikes and slowdowns. If you wanted to read about all the troubles, you might be stymied too, the venerable Times of London didn't come off the presses for several days, thanks to a printers' strike. And if you just wanted to get away from all the pickets lines, well...
During the brief hearing last week, Faganpropped shoeless feet on a wrought-iron rail at the front of the prisoner's dock, laughed and waved to his wife Christine and mother Ivy. When his solicitor, Maurice Nadeem, questioned whether Fagan could still pose a threat to the Queen after this week's security improvements, the prisoner bristled. "I told you not to fetch her name up," Fagan said, glaring. "I would rather plead guilty than have her name dragged into this...
Budd, an American subsidiary of Thyssen AG, a huge West German steelmaking firm, has lost five other rail-car contracts in the past two years to Canadian, Japanese and Italian competitors. Budd has done business with the MTA for two decades, and is to deliver 316 subway cars in 1984. The company said that as a result of losing the latest contract it will lay off up to 40 engineers and cancel plans to hire 550 workers in New York...
...days, the presidential candidate had barnstormed the Mexican countryside. He had listened to complaints and appealed for support in the most remote and neglected hamlets. Preceded by hordes of journalists and skilled advancemen, he had toured a total of 55,800 miles in 31 states by jet, helicopter, rail, bus and ship. The candidate had even stumped for 79 miles on foot. He had attended 1,287 meetings, forums, assemblies and receptions. He had eaten 63 campaign breakfasts, 148 campaign lunches and 32 campaign dinners. He was the guest of honor at 21 get-elected evening parties. Finally last week...