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Brainchild of Frans Q. den Hollander, former president of Netherlands Railway, Trans Europe was born of a desire to make travel truly pleasant. "I am fed up with the bureaucrats at the borders," said Den Hollander. His original plan called for a single type of train that would link a united Europe-with a spur under the Channel to Britain. Although that grand scheme has yet to be realized, Den Hollander has succeeded in eliminating visa-checking delays at borders. Nowadays customs officials do their work aboard the moving trains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Railroads: Luxury on the Track | 6/2/1967 | See Source »

With Ackerman virtually retired at 72, Trautman is mapping Greyhound's new routes. Trautman has been president for only 16 months but has already become embroiled in a battle for a 20% interest in the Railway Express Agency, which would dovetail with Greyhound's growing parcel-carrying business. Bitterly opposed to any butting in by the busmen, truckers and the railroaders have carried the fight to the Supreme Court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Greyhound's New Route | 5/26/1967 | See Source »

...Sixty days under the Railway Labor Act, 20 days more under special legislation and an additional 47 days, to June 19, under an emergency measure enacted last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor: Euphemism of Postponement | 5/12/1967 | See Source »

...mama, a five-by-five fortress of a woman (Lillian Hayman), argues that a mop is a Negro girl's best friend. But Georgina (Uggams) begs her prince charming, a Pullman porter named Clem (Robert Hooks), to take her away from all this. Together, they take the overground railway North...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Cinderella Is a Negro | 5/5/1967 | See Source »

...cocktail party): Did you know that in the same year Sigmund Freud wrote The Psychology of Everyday Life-1901-the Trans-Siberian Railway reached Port Arthur, W. Normann discovered the process for hardening liquid fats, the British Academy was founded, Walt Disney was born, and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: When Did J. E. Purkinje First Use the Term Protoplasm?* | 5/5/1967 | See Source »

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