Word: traffice
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...House can appoint conferees only by 1) unanimous consent, which Southern Representatives will be happy to refuse because they don't like the idea of statehood for multiracial Hawaii, or 2) a go-ahead from its legislative traffic cop, the Rules Committee, controlled by the G.O.P. leadership, which is notably lukewarm toward Alaskan statehood...
...present, added the general, Schine will direct traffic, guard gates and patrol the city of Augusta...
...Barth doubts it. He first makes the point that, since every political system has some elements of good and evil in it, there is really not much to choose between them all. Continues Earth: "Something of God's wisdom and patience (though it may be only a reasonable traffic regulation!) will be revealed by even the worst political system. It has often been observed, and rightly, that the 'government' of whose divine institution the Apostle Paul spoke* was the 'State' of Emperor Nero...
...Instead of withering away, the ICC is now devoting much of its time to protecting the railroads from themselves. For example, 25% of the time at rate hearings is spent on the effect that an increase will have on the public, 75% on whether it will hurt rail traffic. The railroads would rather do away with such paternalism and let free competition take its course...
...bankruptcy in 1947. On the operating side, McGinnis charges that in six years the Dumaines lost $61 million on passenger service, which makes up 40% of the road's total business. Says he: "The New Haven is the only railroad that has the density to make passenger traffic really pay." He claims he would do it with better schedules and new lightweight trains...