Word: sud
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...high seas, last week, the liner Sud Americano stopped to rescue an overboard passenger. Passenger Olaf, a cat, sank 26 times, was dragged in as he was sinking the 27th. Seaman's tradition: Anything lost on maiden voyage brings bad luck. Olaf was on Sud Americano's maiden voyage...
...rush hours. Why, wondered economists, would it not be to the city's and the I. R. T.'s mutual advantage to allow more than one fare, keeping a 5-cent minimum? The London Underground and the Paris Metro and Nord-Sud sell tickets of various classes. Why not have 10-cent or even 25-cent turnstiles for thousands of riders who would pay to escape the cattle-like stampede? The extra revenue would provide extra cars to accommodate the 5-centers. Why not subway Pullmans...
During all this furore about speed nothing about efficiency is said. The subway and bus systems of Paris are probably the most efficient in the world. The trains of the Nord-Sud and the Métropolitan, with three double doors on the side of each car, permit rapid exits and entrances. On a certain day, during the busiest hour, the longest stop from the Place Denfert-Rochereau to the Madelaine was only seven seconds...
March 29, "Le Mouvement Regionaliste. Lee University du Nord at du Gentre"; April 5, "Lee University du Sud-Ouest La Vie des Etudiants"; April 12, "Lee Universites du Sud-Est. L'Evolution et le Developpement des Universites Francais." These lectures will be open to the public...