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...The curator of that show, Maynard Walker, trumpeted “real American art . . . which really springs from American soil and seeks to interpret American life”....
...Like other countercultural Americans, it was a way of escaping his country’s self-absorption and single-minded focus on progress....
...The most recognisable of American artist Georgia O’Keeffe’s works are her erotic flowers and animal horn paintings....
...What’s the world’s bestselling brand of American whisky? What’s the British equivalent of an American bachelor party? Who was knighted in 1581 on board the Golden Hind? Click here for the answers...
...A settlement would be in the best interests of the workers, the railroads, shippers and the American people,” said Jeremy Ferguson, the president of SMART-TD....
...In 1976, James Sherwood, an American-born London-based shipping container magnate, bought the Cipriani hotel in Venice and began buying 1920s and 1930s Orient Express carriages....
...A rail workers’ strike could cost the US economy more than $2bn a day, according to a report by the Association of American Railroads, a trade group....
...Dennis Pierce, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, said that while workers have considered the broader economic implications of shutting down rail service, conditions on the...
...One route takes a 9.5km track past the old Avoca Coal Mine, where an abandoned locomotive, Geraldine, has rested since 1916....
...Still, you may spot the regular red locomotives howling through town en route to the prairies, the Rockies and the ocean....
...In contrast, Burn-Murdoch warns, proud Brits and Americans “may want to look away now” . . ....
...During Zuma’s presidency, Transnet agreed to pay 54bn rand for more than 1,000 locomotives from Chinese and western manufacturers....
...CSX reported a 23 per cent jump in expenses, owing largely to higher fuel costs for locomotives and trucks....
...Supply chain bottlenecks and weak household spending have turned Germany from Europe’s economic locomotive into its laggard....
...North American railroads have always been vulnerable to severe weather including extreme cold, snowstorms and hurricanes, though in some cases these are intensifying in power and precipitation....
...The two superpowers are the locomotives of global growth, but cracks are appearing in their economic engines....
...Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz won the Olympic men’s cycling road race on Saturday, conquering a brutal mountainous course in sweltering conditions to claim the South American nation’s second ever gold medal...
...To mark the occasion, Caravaggio’s Narcissus will be displayed in the Manica Lunga wing, on loan from the Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica in Rome. castellodirivoli.org American Museum of Natural History...
...The superpowers are the locomotives of growth, but cracks are appearing in their economic engines, writes Ruchir Sharma....
...Trains already cross North American borders but long hauls often require switching locomotives and crews between railroads....
...Remember: the Volcker shock triggered the Latin American debt crisis. This time, there is much more debt around almost everywhere....
...In fact, they are often “wonderfully glamorous”, like the captivating scene of Corsica’s mountains for French National Railroads in 1955 (£350), or the vibrant 1953 Pan American “Aloha Hawaii” poster by...
...We are in Arles in the south of France, at the Parc des Ateliers, a 27-acre former industrial wasteland dotted with 19th-century buildings and now anchored with a glittering tower by the American architect...
...Congress this week passed legislation that could prompt a wave of Chinese businesses that trade on American exchanges to delist if they do not comply with US accounting standards....
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