Word: train
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rockport is a wealthy little town, with a thick stretch of boutiques and pedestrian walks; from the train-yard to the tourist promenade, Coke machine prices jump 25 percent. I asked about the ferry at the Sandy Bay Yacht Club--Mr. Cameron would be coming back from the island about one but wasn't sure if he was going to make another trip...
Explaining that there was no early morning train from Boston, and that I wanted to publicize his project through an article didn't help. He shouted to a friend, "Hey, should I take this kid from Harvard out to the island...
...says. "Consonants get in the way. It's hard to sing as fluidly with lyrics." He will slap his thumb against his chest to make a bass tone as his hand becomes the snare drum. The mike, rubbed against his close- cut beard, can be the chug of a train or the swoosh of a samba beat. Whether in a Beatles number like Drive My Car or a dazzling reworking of a '60s classic like Good Lovin', the point for McFerrin "isn't to be instrumental but to tell a story. Like an actor, I get into character...
Burnley said that in his own field of transportation, "far and away, the worst problem we have in the railroad industry is narcotics." He cited the Amtrak train disaster outside Washington, D.C., in which the operator later tested positive for drugs. Illegal drug use was a problem in 59 recent accidents, alcohol in six, he continued...
...Kennedy School is a professional school serving society's need for excellence in government, but we see our purpose as much broader. We train people for every level of public service: federal, state, local and international. Our focus is not exclusively on American society and in training individuals from other societies, we open the eyes of American students to non-American viewpoints. That helps us avoid parochialism in our teaching...