Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Because of distorted news reporting, the average Northerner's real knowledge of the South could be compared with that of an Ethiopian who still believes the Indians are uprising in our western states. PAUL J. BENNETT...
...Nikita must have sensed the irony in the fact that the Kremlin chose last week as the time to trot him out for his first public appearance since his ouster. Western newsmen were tipped off in advance that Nikita would be available for all to see at a Moscow polling place not a mile from the Kremlin. Sure enough, up wheeled a chauffeured car, and out hopped the familiar figure-not quite as pudgy, not quite as ebullient-but undeniably Nikita Khrushchev. Eager Soviet citizens and reporters swarmed around him, anxious to know how he felt. "I feel just like...
...seventh International Chopin Piano Competition began with a cloud of controversy and ended with a puff of perfume. As the field of 83 contestants was whittled down, one U.S. entrant who was eliminated lodged a sourgrapes complaint that the judges (14 from Communist nations, seven from Western countries) were "unfair" in advancing all twelve Russian and Polish performers. Yet when the final round opened last week, for the first time in the 38-year history of the competition (held every five years, except for an interruption during the war) there was not a single Russian in contention. If anything...
American railroads are still a long way from consolidating into two or three giant lines that would blanket the nation, but the trend is clearly in that direction. There have been 35 rail mergers since 1957, and a dozen mergers are now pending. Last week the Chicago & North Western and the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific, which have been eying each other ever since 1939, finally decided that one can live more cheaply than two. The estimated saving from sharing their facilities and eliminating duplicating service: about $40 million annually...
Milwaukee & North Western Transportation Co. will rank among the top two or three roads in the U.S.-a system with nearly 21,000 miles of track, annual revenues of $450 million and assets of $1.3 billion. Since the Interstate Commerce Commission generally has looked favorably on recent rail mergers, it is expected to give its approval to the union...