Word: training
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Inhibitions. Often Rassias himself teaches beginners their first daily class, which consists of about 25 students. They are immediately taught to engage in very short conversations about events such as going to a train station. The professor then moves rapidly around the class, bending down close to one student, whirling and pointing to another as he fires questions. Or, after a student memorizes a Rassias-written "microlog," a one-minute monologue that explains how to do something, like make a crêpe, the professor quickly asks: "What are the ingredients? How long does it cook...
Last week the Orson Welles showed Hitchcock's single greatest movie, Strangers on a Train; this week, they're showing his two greatest movies, The Lady Vanishes and The 39 Steps. If you're one of the masses who'll be leaving Cambridge next week, hit the Orson Welles--you may have thought that Harvard and MIT were Cambridge's greatest resources, but you're wrong. Without the Welles, Cambridge would be a hole...
...million switching yard in Barstow, Calif., that it claims is the most advanced in the nation; in only two moves, the "humpmaster" (who determines route priorities) can automatically switch freight cars to 16 holding stations. The railroad was also the first to install a locomotive simulator to train its engineers (who now include seven women), and it uses a computerized central information system to make the most efficient use of locomotives...
Good Track. The Santa Fe is also the only railroad to have run a freight train-the Super C-at 80 m.p.h. "To do that," says Reed, "you have to maintain your track pretty darn well." Unlike many other railroads, the Santa Fe spends money heavily on keeping its roadbed in good repair even in bad times. Says Operations Vice President Larry Cena: "You can't just be doing maintenance work when business is good. That's when you need the plant." During the Russian wheat sales boom in 1973, the Santa Fe picked up much extra business...
...success of The Great Railway Bazaar (1915), Theroux's engaging travelogue by train, should create a wider audience for this novel than the author has enjoyed in the past. He deserves it. At 35, Theroux is that rarest of beasts, a young writer who is getting better with each book. Paul Gray