Word: station
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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AFTER an evening of hearing impassioned speeches and winning cheers, I faced a two-hour wait before the rumbling comfort of an Amtrak train could rush me back to South Station. That meant a typically uncomfortable stay in and around New York's unpleasant Penn Station...
...woman in a San Juan high-rise told a radio station she watched sections of the city darken as the first high winds and heavy rains hit San Juan. Widespread power outages also were reported in the Dominican Republic...
Fearful of being frozen out of a revitalized European Community, nonmembers like Austria and Norway are considering joining the club, and even neutral Switzerland is worried about being left standing on the platform as the 1992 train pulls out of the station. East European countries are cozying up to the Community via bilateral trade and aid deals while Moscow watches with envious desire. "What is going on in Western Europe is a serious challenge for us," says Vitali Zhurkin, director of the Soviet Academy of Science's recently created Institute for Europe. "It is a positive process that shows...
...ensuing controversy highlighted the struggle between the academic pursuits of this University and its constant search for economic gain. Bok later agreed to consult FAS on future real estate plans, and it was decided last month--after Cambridge citizens complained that the University demolished the station before it could be declared a landmark--that FAS would control the former Gulf Station site...
...addition to the Gulf Station debate, the administration and FAS have been accused of watering down a proposal to improve hiring of minority and women faculty members...