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    Pullman Strikes

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    breakthrough in American labor history was made. This innovation is commonly known as Pullman Strike‚ where an extensive raid was turned down by the federal government. The strikes impact was enormous and had wedged a great deal of our country resulting in dozens of people being killed in violent clashes. The Pullman Strike was a bitter dispute between workers and company management‚ it also had played a great part in the labor movement. The corruption began with George W. Pullman. Pullman was born

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    A Railway Journey

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    A Railway Journey I am a frequent traveller. That’s because I am a small town boy from Rourkela studying in the national capital of India. My batch friends who live nearby take every opportunity to go home be that a one day holiday or a week’s holiday. I on the other hand cannot exploit every holiday because travelling takes me 48 hours to reach home. Unfortunately there is no direct train from Delhi to Rourkela. So I have to switch trains in a preferable stop. I usually prefer Ranchi station. From

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    Pakistan Railway

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    42% Favour The Privatization Of Pakistan Railway As Opposed To 35% Who Are Against It: GILANI POLL/GALLUP PAKISTAN Islamabad‚ February 18‚ 2011 According to a Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan‚ 42% of all Pakistanis support the privatization of railway industry whereas 35% are against it. In a survey‚ a nationally representative sample of men and women from across the country were asked the following question: “Pakistan Railway has been going in loss for the past sometime

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    The Railway Children

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    (THE OLD GENTLEMAN) I refer to the novel “The Railway Children” by Edith Nesbit. Among all the characters in the novel‚ the character I admire the most is the old gentleman because he is kind‚helpful and generous. He travels regularly on the morning train and sees the children waving to him. He opens up to them readily when they need help. When Bobbie writes to him for help to get better food for their sick mother‚ he gives generously. Again‚ when Bobbie approaches him for help

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    Railway Reservation

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    1 TERM PAPER OF OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING F .c COURSE CODE: CSE rs 202 e e in RAILWAY ng RESERVATION E SYSTEM O o D aa m o 2 CONTENTS PAGE NO: 1. a F D a INTRODUCTION 4 2. PROPOSED SYSTEM 5 3. SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE 6 4. SOURCE CODE 18 5. TESTING 37 • WHITE BOX TESTING • BLACK BOX TESTING 6. CODE COMPLETENESS EVALUATION 39 7. DATA FLOW DIAGRAM 40 8. ADVANTAGES OF THE SYSTEM 42 9.HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS 43 O o n E in g e e .c rs m o

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    railway station

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    Great white pillars guard the entrance to the railway which hold hand crafted iron gates‚ that have been there since the place has been built‚ now rusting under the attack from rain. Chaotic noises fill the inside: the quick paced footsteps of travelers searching for their train or train times and the frantic voice of the tannoy alerting people where to go. Ammoungst the myriad of confused people‚ there stands a frail old lady‚ her hair a delecate grey colour like when‚ on a cloudless night‚

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    Pullman Strike

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    The Pullman Strike was a nationwide conflict in the summer of 1894 between the new American Railway Union (ARU) and railroads that occurred in the United States. It shut down much of the nation’s freight and passenger traffic west of Detroit‚ Michigan. The conflict began in the town of Pullman‚ Illinois‚ on May 11 when nearly 4‚000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages. Most factory workers who built Pullman cars lived in the

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    INDIAN RAILWAYS

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    CASE STUDY ON INDIAN RAILWAYS (MONOPOLY) In economics‚ a monopoly (from the Latin word monopolium – Greek language monos‚ one + polein‚ to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service. Monopolies are characterized by a lack of economic competition for the good or service that they provide and a lack of viable substitute goods. Monopoly should be distinguished from monopsony‚ in which there is only one buyer of the product or service;

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    The Pullman Strike

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    The Pullman Strike: The U.S went through a serious depression in the late 1800’s‚ promoting wage cuts and layoffs. Many strikes and uprisings occurred at this time. Unfair treatment by employers was one of the main causes that led to the majority of strikes and uprisings. They usually ended when the government intervened and stopped the workers from boycotting. One of the major strikes occurred in Pullman‚ Chicago. George Pullman founded the town‚ Pullman‚ for the workers who manufactured the

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    Egyptian Railway Sector

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    fearful future: Egyptian Railway is so much similar to Egypt nowadays‚ writes Ahmed Morsy “I dream of a time when a train safely runs and reaches its destination on time‚” said Islam Shokri‚ a 29-year-old employee living in Nasr City district of Cairo and working in Aswan. Shokri‚ whose work necessitates travelling about 900 kilometres by train every week‚ said that the trip from Cairo to Aswan sometimes takes fifteen hours instead of nine hours even if there were no strikes or sit-ins blocking the

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