Word: roading
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recent jeep ride over the narrow new roads that lead part way across the roof of the world, TIME'S New Delhi Correspondent Donald Connery bounced his way to the dot on the map called Sikkim, a never-never land where women sit by the side of the road, breaking big rocks with little hammers, and watch the Mercedes go by. For his report, see FOREIGN NEWS, Land of the Uphill Devils...
However, Harvard is not the only college considering the question of supporting the Court's decision. Should the Ivy League colleges or, on an even wider basis, "northern schools," agree to shut out the applicants from the three high schools, there would be a significant road-block to good higher education ahead of southern students in closed high schools...
...Central's Perlman has his mind set on "a fresh approach." Possible solutions: turn the express business over to private freight forwarders, who could use piggyback service coordinating rail and road traffic, or let the Government take over express as parcel post...
Moneyman Bevan also reported that Pennsy's earnings were looking up. The road was in the black for November, with earnings wiping out the ten-month deficit of $2,872,716. He expects that the Pennsy will be in the black for the year. For 1959, Bevan was only mildly pessimistic: he warned that unless volume exceeds present expectations, "the earnings outlook is not particularly good...
...Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. to maintain passenger service on its 1,130-mile system up to four months after the Jan. 12 abandonment date proposed by the road while it investigates whether the service should be continued...