Enroute home last October 1, I went into a Sheetz gas station in Carslisle, Pennsylvania late one morning to find a bus load of people from Central American origin buying hotdogs and softdrinks, and holding smart phones. Initially, I wondered if they were illegals enroute to a northeast “sanctuary city,” but now I wonder if they had boarded that bus at an airport somewhere in the region (Harrisburg International Airport is closest).
In December 2021, Manchin pulled his support for a $2.2 trillion bill, but after negotiations with Schumer went on to support a smaller version the next summer.
Richard B. Frank’s “DOWNFALL: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire” concludes the same. The Japanese were most concerned with their home islands, and as word spread of nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and probability of more cities being heavily damaged or destroyed by American nuclear attack, panic and complete societal breakdown was inevitable. That is why Japan surrendered.
Conductors are in charge of the train. They communicate with dispatchers, line switches, couple and uncouple cars, connect and disconnect air hoses, walk the train to ensure there are no issues, etc.