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...truckers driving up from Mexico, railcars of Chinese goods from Western ports, hazardous cargoes of all kinds--from congested urban areas. Buying land for the system now, decades before it's needed, would cut acquisition costs and might entice businesses to relocate inside the corridors. T. Boone Pickens could ship his West Texas water across the state in pipelines through the corridors; oil and gas could be shipped north from Mexico; even high-speed passenger rail lines could become reality. "The Trans-Texas Corridor is not just a road, not just asphalt," says Perry. "It's a vision...
...Jenkins possessed an intelligence that military aptitude tests determined was far below average. He had doubts about his ability to lead men into battle, and he slid into bouts of depression and heavy drinking. His life was about to get worse. Jenkins' unit, he had learned, was scheduled to ship out soon to the live war in Vietnam, a prospect that terrified him. "I did not want to be responsible for the lives of other soldiers under me," he said during his court-martial trial last month. So Jenkins looked for a way out. He could confess his cowardice...
...class of 2005 confirmed that sentiment when they made him their first class marshal last month. Franklin has big plans for the position, all of them focused on trying to bring the class of 2005 closer together. “I’m like the cruise ship director for the class of 2005,” he explains...
...office why the government can't give them the $A30 they need for a bag of rice. "There are so many expectations on us to come up with some solutions." Money is not the only problem: most food is imported, and last week Adeang learnt that the cargo ship due to arrive this week with supplies of flour, rice and sugar has decided to skip the island because of the meager volume, and won't be back until January. "There will be food shortages around Christmas," he says...
...School’s junior faculty on the tenure track dwindled to just five members last spring when two scholars jumped ship for tenured positions at Washington University in St. Louis and a third accepted a full professorship at University of Florida...