Subsidy Snafu Pushes Amtrak Toward Bankruptcy
The Reagan administration seeks to end federal subsidies, arguing Amtrak costs taxpayers 35 dollars per passenger. Stockman proposes selling or letting the system fail while rail rivals attract travelers. The piece also cites highway subsidies and a credit card fraud case as broader warning signs.
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Amtrak
David Stockman
Eisenhower
Highway Trust Fund
National Highway Defense System
Ottawa
Kansas City
Iacocca Ego and the Caesar Archetype in Leadership
Management professor Eugene Jennings argues Lee Iacocca may lack humility and could have been fired earlier, likening him to Caesar. He says ego can drive achievement but impede judgment, contrasting Iacocca with Ford II and citing other leaders who succeeded without egocentric leadership.
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New York
Lee Iacocca
Eugene Jennings
Iacocca
Chrysler
Tacocca
Henry Ford
Ford
Mi Jennings
Michigan State University
Jennings
Henry Ford II
Caesar
Douglas MacArthur
George Steinbrenner
N.Y. Yankees
Donald E. Petersen
Ford Motor
David Roderick
U.S. Steel
Donald Lennox
International Harvester
Baker's Cyst Management and Related Questions
Elderly reader asks about treating a Baker's cyst in the knee. Doctor explains it's a swelling from joint fluid often signaling internal knee problems, lists rest, aspirin, or cortisone injections as options, and notes curing the cyst requires addressing the fluid source. The column also covers yawning, jogging as a remedy, occasional heart thuds, and caffeine's unclear link to cholesterol.
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R.C.H
DR. Donohue
DR. Don
Prayer and Help for Others Reflected in Daily Thought
A devotional note urges personal aid to those in need, citing Luke 10 33 and inviting readers to offer themselves next time. The prayer asks for divine guidance to help others and ends with an Amen.
GOP Wary Of The Bitburg Backlash
Republicans weigh the political cost of President Reagan's visit to a German military cemetery in Bitburg as debates heat up among Jewish groups and veterans. Senators D'Amato and Hawkins face scrutiny in 1986 races. polls and pleas for cancellation mount while the party negotiates public sentiment and potential fallout.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Washington
Bitburg
Reagan
Europe
Levi Rabinowitz
New York
Rabinowitz
Republican National Committee
GOP
William Greener III
Alfonso M. D’amato
Sen
Paula Hawkins
Florida
Adolf Hitler
TV Tonight Broadcast Guide Mix Includes Classic Movies
A cluttered TV schedule lists films and programs with varied casts such as Police Academy, Heart of a Champion, Reuben Reuben, and The Pirates of Penzance. It references actors like Steve Guttenberg, John Belushi, and Gene Kelly, plus a range of 1980s offerings and a few archival titles.
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Isce
Eastland
Ray
Mancini
Robert Blake
Gene Kelly
Compleat
Gilbert and Sullivan
Uscaloosa
USA
Africa
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Dan Ackaye
Ned Beaty
Rae
Sosen
Garrett
East St Boks
Auschlander
Coehy
Sgt. M
Mary Moore
Groucho
ESPN
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Burns & Allen
Julius
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David Arman Roke
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Espn Outdoors
Kirk Douglas
James Coburn
David
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