Feds to decide railroads fate in a changing era
Washington debates rail policy as seven lines falter and Penn Central's collapse leads to possible Amtrak and Conrail reforms. Secretary Brock Adams urges track sharing, while Congress weighs nationalization versus marketplace solutions to keep rail service alive.
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Midwest
Penn Central
Congress
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Conrail
Old Territory
Department of Transportation
Transportation
Brock Adams
Chicago
Adams
William Drahan
House Committee On Transportation and Commerce
Drahan
Europe
Exposers of venality backed here Outs are In
Safire reflects on five years of political column writing. He defends polemics over balance and cites three recent events: the Marston affair, Koreagate, and Lance lawbreaking. He credits whistleblowers and presses for accountability while denying personal vengeance.
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FBI
United States
Joshua Eilberg
Plain English in Law Coins Critique of Legal Jargon
Theodore M. Bernstein surveys ellipses and legal phrasing, arguing for clearer plain English in laws and documents. The piece notes calls for reforms in legal writing, cites experts like Elliott L. Biskind and Margaret Trachtenberg, and discusses terms arithmomania and graphomania as language quirks.
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