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250 years of Russian science & technology. (chronology) (Illustration)
Popular Science
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August 1, 1994
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1799 Frozen In Time
Aperfectly preserved 33,000-year-old woolly mammoth is found frozen in the Siberian Lena River Delta.
1902 Drool On Cue
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov formulates the law of reinforcement; he demonstrates that a dog given food when a bell is rung will soon learn to salivate at the sound of the bell alone.
1975 Space Meeting
The first cooperative U.S.-Soviet space mission, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, is launched; a three-man Apollo spacecraft docks with the two-man Soviet Soyuz 19.
1991 Return To ...
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT REVISION:MICHAEL S. SCHWARTZ
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...Michael S. Schwartz Chairman, Railroad Retirement Board Committee...Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads May 10, 2006 Good afternoon...Schwartz and I am Chairman of the Railroad Retirement Board. I am here...Jr., Labor Member of the Railroad Retirement Board, and Jerome...
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Regulating Railroad Innovation: Business, Technology, and Politics in America, 1840-1920
Magazine article from: The Journal of Transport History
; ...discovered the railroad as a subject of analysis, using railroads as a vehicle...involved in railroad innovation...departments however. Railroads, while private...development of the railroad system, broadly conceived. Railroads were more than...
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Railroads, suppliers and the quality process: how do you price quality? (includes related article on GE Capital Railcar Services)
Magazine article from: Railway Age
; ...departments, for railroad using departments...those who sell to railroads. A lot of elements...a supplier by the railroads. The idea is that...qualified auditor from Railroad A OK's a supplier, then Railroads B, C, D, etc...
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Railroads stay afloat (mostly) in a mighty midsummer flood. (midwestern U.S.)
Magazine article from: Railway Age
; ...delayed. But, just as railroads didn't panic, neither did customers. No railroad late last month was...A is detouring over railroad B at one point, but...Association of American Railroads issued a statement saying...strength of the American railroad system lies in its ability...
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Railroads Are Rolling Toward Some Basic Changes Entrepreneurs Starting Up Many Regional `Short Lines'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...of these new railroads are not formed. The railroad industry, built...effect on the railroad industry. Short...Commission listed 282 railroads in the small...nonrailroader. Railroads suddenly had...jumped into the railroad game with gusto...
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Railroads Post Safest Year in History
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service
; ...the Federal Railroad Administration...last week. Railroads had 402 fewer...investment in railroad infrastructure...alone, freight railroads invested $8...of being on railroad property," he said. "Railroads will continue...
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Railroads Meeting Commitment to Install Safety Devices Before Congressional Deadline
PR Newswire
; ...ordered by major railroads have been installed...amended the Federal Railroad Safety Act to require railroads to install two...ensuring the safety of railroad employees and the...continued. "America's railroads have dramatically...
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Alaska Railroad Corp., Union Agree to Big Pay Hike over Six Years.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ...issue of cabooses on the railroad, Weatherell said. The Alaska Railroad is one of the last railroads in the United States to...Weatherell said. The railroad union has fought similar battles with railroads in the Lower 48 for the...
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Freight Railroads' Economic Impact on Maine.
PR Newswire
; ...to current and former railroad workers in the state...Association of American Railroads (AAR). Payrolls for...active Maine freight railroad employees totaled...reduces pollution. Railroads are an extremely safe...freight. The Federal Railroad Administration recently...
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RAILROADS OF LAKE TAHOE BASIN, 1874 - 1943 PROGRAM AT NEVADA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM ON JUNE 11
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Education for the Nevada State Railroad Museum, will present a program on the logging and tourist railroads of the Lake Tahoe Basin on...2008 at the Nevada State Railroad Museum at 7:00 p.m. Two...some forty miles of logging railroads in the basin until 1898...
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