Word: transition
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...start of the leftist offensive, the Carter Administration had become alarmed by evidence that the guerrillas were obtaining large quantities of sophisticated weapons from a number of sources, including Middle Eastern and East European countries as well as nearby Cuba and Nicaragua. Nicaragua appeared to be serving as the transit point for these arms. In order to "help El Salvador interdict the supply of military equipment coming in from the outside," as U.S. Ambassador Robert White put it, Washington resumed the modest $5 million military aid program that had been suspended since the murders of three American nuns...
...case, in metropolitan areas with reasonably efficient mass transit driving to work and parking a car can be onerous and expensive. Despite the general decline of commuting services, the straphanger is seldom as frazzled as the driver, who has been on hold for an hour in a traffic jam. His passenger, on the other hand, has had time to read the paper and admire the view en route...
...their time after securing survival trying to take stock of what the hell they were doing with all their rimwalking and trailblazing. Thrown to their own devices, turned in on themselves, lacking any real literary tradition of their own, early Americans typically wrote diaries, journals of life as transit and exploration...
That decision is preposterous, so preposterous it's hard to imagine. As Cambridge city manager James L. Sullivan said, "Who ever heard of a six-day transit system?" But, beginning February 1, it may well be reality. The directors of the fiscally strapped T say the suspension of Sunday service is needed to save money, and will have little effect on commuters or merchants...
...announced but largely ignored in the furor over Sunday service, include station closings, reduced bus service, and commuter rail cutbacks. While these cuts are not as drastic as the Sunday stoppage, they must not be allowed either. In a country as starved for energy as the United States, mass transit represents the best chance of cutting automobile...