Word: train
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eleven hours later stumbled onto the Helsinki tarmac as the November sun set. It was the U.S. advance guard sent to begin talking with the Soviet Union about limiting strategic nuclear arms. Delegation Chief Gerard Smith turned on his hotel TV and watched the Soviets get off their train. Where will it all end? he wondered...
...modest only in price, this kind of vacation can be more rewarding than the traditional tour of the fleshpots. It will take him to towns as old as civilization, to architectural monuments, archaeological sites and little-known museums, uncrowded beaches and country fairs, superlative fishing, golf, tennis, hiking, biking, train rides and other forms of exploration and conviviality that do not come with a $100-a-day hotel room. Says Rene Bardy, an official of the French tourist bureau: "What is asked of today's tourist is that he be more curious and clever than he used...
...must have seemed so to them--except they appreciated Kong's artificiality, they wanted to see the strings. A realistic 60-foot gorilla would have been a bit much for people who a mere 30 years before had dived out of their seats at the sight of a moving train on the screen, afraid it would run them over. Both the film-makers and the main characters were adventures--creating special effects on an unprecedented scale--and part of the film's charm lies in the breathless sense of discovery that infuses every shot, heightened with each passing reel...
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...passenger train is certainly not a true alternative to the private automobile. How many people take a train to shop for groceries? Nor are Europe and Japan able to operate "fast, comfortable and dependable" trains without large government subsidies...