Word: train
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Public Library called to say that they were getting inquiries for Audio Engineering but couldn't locate it on any of their lists. The president of Ultrasonic Corp. turned up in person to get more information direct from us. He had read the story on the night train from Boston and had stopped by our office on arrival...
...morning, the train from Leningrad stopped near the Finnish frontier. A captain, in the green-tabbed uniform of the Soviet Security Police, and a buxom woman interpreter came into my compartment. The woman pulled my bed apart and turned over the mattress. The pair found only one thing which pleased them: the embossed, lavender-colored propusk (pass) to Red Square for the May Day parade. The woman said in awe: "Neither of us has ever seen one of these. . . . Did you see Stalin...
...surrounded by an army of secret policemen. All over Russia, in less dramatic settings, you sense those same counterpoints between the people and their leaders, between the lives the people would like to lead and the lives they are made to lead. You sensed them on the very train that carried me out of Russia...
Fifty of the present vacancies are at Harvardevens Village 11/4 hours by train from the Square, Donald Hathaway, also of Hunneman and Company, disclosed that after a year's struggle the railroad has reduced its rates for student veterans over 21 to $8.90 for 46 rides, representing a considerable saving over the previous figure of $17.35 for 60 rides...
...from the Latin names for sun and moon. Scientists can scoff, but he believes-and several thousand sportsmen who follow his tables will swear-that at certain times of day all nature seems to wake up. Fish bite, ducks and pheasants abound, field dogs are alert and easy to train, and even human beings suddenly feel good for no apparent reason. The solunar tables chart the times of day when everything starts to hum. Says Knight: "We don't know what causes that activity, but it applies to all life." The sun and the moon seem to have something...