Word: train
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After years of closure, the wooden barrier at the Iranian-Russian border was lifted last week, and a Russian train rolled across. A Russian bank official stepped out onto Iranian soil, greeted Iranian officials in Russian and presented his credentials...
Inside his train lay 100 packing cases that symbolized Russia's new "policy of leniency" towards Iran: they contained eleven tons of gold ingots worth $12 million...
...cakes and eyed Aileen's presents. The shower broke up early, and the cleanup committee put off dishwashing until the next day; only a dozen women were still there when suddenly the lights went out. Then they heard the noise. Someone said: "It's a freight train." Another voice spoke up soberly: "It's a wind acomin'." Then the building collapsed; the twelve women, clinging tightly together, were knocked down, but all survived...
...National Guard requires a man to sign up before he is 18½ and serve until he is 35. Each year he must attend 48 drills, train two weeks at camp...
...Naval Reserve Officers' Training programs include both college and non-college men. By applying to the Chief of Naval Personnel before Nov. 15 of his senior year, a high-school senior can become a candidate under the Holloway Plan, which is designed to train officers for the Navy and Marine Corps as a supplement to Annapolis. Of the 23,000 who applied last November, only 1,800 students and 200 men from the fleet were accepted. These men get $50 a month during school term and midshipmen's pay on summer cruises...