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Seven deaths in seven days, each one different, each in its own way a warning. This is a twilight war, the kind America is loath to fight, is reluctant even to train for, as though we can make our enemies agree to our terms of combat, meet us at noon on the field of battle and be crushed by our overwhelming force into absolute surrender. Not since 1945 has a major war wrapped up so clearly or cleanly. Korea ended in a truce, Vietnam in a loss; the Gulf War required a replay. Winning fast but not completely...
...captive game: choo-choos for the Wayne Newton crowd. The $650 million Las Vegas Monorail, scheduled to open early next year, will run along the east side of the fabled Strip, carrying gamblers between casinos like the MGM Grand and Harrah's. Several companies will sponsor multicar trains, blanketing each car with logos and promotions. Hansen's Beverage has signed a 10-year, $10 million deal to sponsor the Monster train (named for its Monster Energy drink) and plans to give drink samples to passengers and display video ads. "We prefer to call it a totally immersive branding environment," says...
...Orient Express: Across Russia with Kim Jong Il (2002) By: Konstantin Pulikovsky, a Russian-government official who rode with Kim on a 2001 rail journey to Moscow (Kim is afraid of flying) Dirt: Pulikovsky said Kim's luxurious private train was stocked with fresh lobsters, roast donkey and comely female conductors
...INDICATORS Blood On The Tracks British police charged six rail bosses and two firms with manslaughter stemming from a train crash that killed four passengers in October 2000. Managers at infrastructure controllers Network Rail and maintenance company Balfour Beatty are alleged to have known in advance of a broken rail...
Standing at a podium positioned in the middle of the tennis courts and shouting over an occasional whistle from the nearby train line, Summers lauded Menino—whom he called “my friend, the mayor of Boston”—for his leadership...