Word: rails
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Cuomo could still win a presidential nomination, but could he unite his party? Some of the Democratic Governors elected last Tuesday favor limited government. Cuomo too will bow to reality and cut New York's budget. "They'll wake up," he says of his constituents. "They rail about spending but they will complain even more when it's cut, when their libraries close and other services decline...
...carried on shuttle trains initially running at least every 15 minutes at peak periods and making the crossing in 35 minutes. Alternating will be passenger trains, while freight will trundle through in off-peak hours. For motorists, travel time between Paris and London will shrink somewhat, but for rail passengers the ride will be cut from 12 hours to three. The Chunnel will make rail and air roughly comparable in terms of the clock, if time spent getting to and from airports is counted...
...French side, the project has served as a magnet, attracting high- velocity rail lines and new highways that will speed travelers from Britain into Europe's expanding transport network. By contrast, residents of Britain's prosperous rural Kent have opposed construction and the industrialization that will follow. British road and rail systems -- which include no high-speed equipment -- remain inadequate. Thatcher's government spends only a fraction of France's commitment to improving infrastructure. Many businessmen fear that Britain's failure to take full advantage of the Chunnel link will not make it easier for them to compete...
...weren't upset just about Harris' sex. She also happened to be a black, non- college-educated divorcee with some fairly radical beliefs. While still a laywoman, Harris led the procession at the 1974 protest ritual in which her church's first women priests were illicitly ordained. Continuing to rail against the church for its racism, sexism and homophobia, Harris, who used to work as the top public relations executive at Sun Oil, had become a champion of the downtrodden and disparaged. "I would bring a sensitivity to the needs of different kinds of people, including minorities, women, the incarcerated...
...folks at Pensinsula rail against the "Dominion of the politically correct." Well what about the socially correct and its estranged cousin, the socially incorrect (see dweeb, nerd, Quadling, etc.)? At least political thought is based on some semblance of reason. Who came up with the ever-powerful list of social...