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...they were marching 80,000 strong to "The Wearing of the Green" out of Lahore and along the green left bank of the River Ravi to an enormous, amazing Congress camp surrounded by a barricade consisting of 13,000 worn-out railway cars...
...brooding, backward-looking novel, the author's first, summons up scenes of middle-aged women huddling over coffee across a kitchen table, talking in murmurs not always audible. It recalls the memorable time when Katie, who must have been about ten, wriggled under the stall door at the railway station bathroom. "Anne tried to pull her back, then went after her, only she was heavier and got stuck halfway and Katie was kicking her shoulder. When Jenny came with the dime, they couldn't get the door open, with Anne wedged under it, Katie still shoving her with...
...enterprise would be a financial sinkhole. Sure enough, over the next six years Conrail cost the Government about $7 billion. But against heavy odds, Conrail has become profitable. It earned $39.2 million in 1981 and $174.2 million in 1982 on revenues of $3.6 billion. Last week the U.S. Railway Association, a Government agency that oversees Conrail's operations, reported to Congress that the rescue operation has been a success. Says Conrail Chairman L. Stanley Crane: "I can't brag like Iacocca, but the Government is going to get some of its money back...
Much of the credit for Conrail's resurgence goes to Chairman Crane, 67, who took over the line in 1981 after spending nearly his entire career at the Southern Railway, the last three years as president. A short, wiry expert in operations, Crane charged up employees with a sense of purpose and firmly established company goals...
...lake; about 4,000 acres of fresh-water marsh, home to some 7 million waterfowl and countless shore birds, have been destroyed by the briny advance. Utah officials are considering several solutions, including dams to catch spring snow runoff and an enlargement of the culverts through the railway causeway that slices the lake in half...