On Oct. 11, 1998, a freight train struck and killed a man working on a Union Pacific track bed in Illinois.

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She toured the Olympic track draped in a Union Jack -- and taking the other heptathlon competitors along with her for the ride.

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It is not (yet) formally off track in its joint European Union-International Monetary Fund adjustment programme, and there's no big "forcing" event coming up to concentrate their minds.

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One might think that given the National Union's consistent track record that it would be the largest party in the Knesset.

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Mr Castle is a moderate Republican who, according to the American Conservative Union which keeps track of these things has voted along conservative lines roughly half of the time.

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There were glimmers of optimism for Greece, where the government has been struggling to convince both the credit markets and European Union authorities that it is on track to pay down its ballooning budget deficit.

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But the Police Federation, the policemen's trade union, is strongly opposed to fast-track entry which would give high-fliers on short-term contracts accelerated promotion into senior ranks without having to serve on the beat as a constable.

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Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said as Every Child Counts had a proven track record of success and it was disappointing that its ring fenced funding has been removed.

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Union Pacific, which owns the Union Pacific Railroad, the largest U.S. railroad in track miles and total revenues, is one of the few industrial stocks trading well above their all-time highs, notes Leeb of the Complete Investor newsletter.

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Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said it's "great news" that the city is on track to record the lowest homicide rate in decades and it's "especially good news" that it's happening in the context of reduced NYPD stop-and-frisk activity.

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