Word: simplon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...retired ignobly in May 1977, aged 94, a shrunken outcast of the hurry-up age. Then, last May, it rose again in all its pristine opulence as a regularly scheduled year-round train luxe, plying between London and Venice. The once and future train is called the Venice Simplon Orient-Express (V.S.O.E.). Among recent passengers on both the south-and northbound runs was TIME Senior Writer Michael Demurest, who once rode the fabled express as a boy. His report...