Word: rails
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...during the cold war remain tightly held secrets in Russia, a reflection of the military's continued suspicion of the West. But some information can be pieced together. According to several sources, including former KGB officers, the Kremlin and other key buildings in Moscow are still linked by underground rail tunnels to an area about six miles outside the city center called Ramenki, site of a vast subterranean bunker designed for the country's leaders and their families. ( Responsibility for protection of top Kremlin officials rested with the KGB's Ninth Directorate, which delegated tasks to the Defense Ministry...
...budget cuts in my budget than Bush has advocated. Bush has expanded parts of the government that I recommended restricting, including total federal employment. I want a leaner bureaucracy and more investment. Most of that will go into private hands. If you build roads and bridges and high-speed rail networks, that money winds up being spent on contracts in the private sector. I've always supported increased investment targeted to areas that would promote economic growth and education, but I've tried to restrict the growth of what you might call the permanent government...
...freight railroads, over wages and work conditions. Most other freight companies ceased operations, claiming that their many interconnections made it impossible for them to work without CSX. The unions countered that it was a lockout. The disagreement involves unions representing only about 20,000 workers, but 200,000 other rail workers were thrown out of work, and hundreds of thousands more were affected by the shutdown...
...reach the trail by rail. The Boston subway system, part of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) and called the T, is the oldest in the nation. And its four lines (red, green, blue and orange) will take you everywhere you need to go for just 85 cents a ride...
...plan would also cut the number of miles of highway in half and extend subway and commuter rail lines...