Word: train
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...people of South Viet Nam, says a Pentagon general, "and as long as the guns boom in the distance, the war is still on for the people. I would like to get rid of the boom, boom." In its place, he wants to hear the tweet, tweet of a train engine. "That's a sound," he said, "that will say something to the people...
...disciple families, "no" is said as lovingly as "yes." The children learn to wait; the parents refuse to buy them this or that until they prov e themselves mature enough to use it wisely. Allowances are given not as a dole, but to train children in budgeting necessary expenses. Little girls are not pushed into premature dating; the parents couldn't care less that "everybody else does it." Girls are not given contraceptives because sex is not put in a bag; the girls first want to become women, and are secure enough not to have to prove themselves...
Once, the first boy on the block to get one turned his neighborhood pals green with envy. No other gift mattered quite so much or so involved Dad on Christmas morning. And after the train had arrived, parents Christmas shopping was simplified for years to come. No need to guess what Junior really wanted next time around. He wanted more new cars, more track, newer bridges, bigger tunnels, switches and signals until the basement recreation room could hold no more...
...today's youngsters, who have watched manned space ships blast off on TV and may never even have ridden in a train, the tracks are losing thier magic. Lionel, which has absorbed A.C. Gilbert's American Flyer this year stopped stopped making trains and is selling off its inventory. Sears Roebuck's current Christmas catalogue devotes tow pages to model trains-but it takes nine pages to describe slot-car racing sets, which provide an element of competition that the trains never had, and have replaced them as the Christmas present that boys want most...
Their friendship is strong whether it's at a K of C Meet in New York where they don't know a soul or at a Saturday night party in Huvelle's suite where the dance floor is filled with track types. They are five unassuming guys who train diligently, work for their dates, and share an unaggressive, unselfish attitude toward a sport they enjoy...