Word: training
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus's arrival yesterday was marked by a procession of animals from their train to Boston Garden. There, the "greatest show on earth"--now in its 125th consecutive year--will go on from October 16 to October...
...trying to divide the Western alliance. He offered to cut side deals for weapons reductions with Britain and France and unilaterally declared reductions on Soviet missiles aimed at Europe. In a speech to French legislators, he called on the Europeans to help halt what he called "the infernal train" of the arms race. Gorbachev's exchanges with French leaders and reporters, heavily played on the nightly news in the U.S. as well as in Europe, were watched closely as a kind of dress rehearsal for his November summit with Reagan...
Across the country, meanwhile, a firm called Railfone will install telephones on Amtrak's Metroliner express between Washington and New York City in January. Anticipated charge for all calls: $4.75 for the first three minutes and $1 a minute thereafter. Amtrak expects the busy executives who ride the train to turn the service into a moneymaker quickly...
...Bureau of Study Counsel provides counseling and academic services for students and faculty. Services include the Harvard Course in Reading Strategies, designed to train students to read quickly and to efficiently process information. The Bureau also offers tutoring in all subjects...
...looked down, and it was a 20-ft. drop to solid rock. I figured a fall would butcher me up or kill me one. I just laid down on the side, right on the edge and just hung on. The train went on by, and I walked back to find my dog, and there he lay across that rail. It sure was a sad night...