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Chasing the four-mile minute - and why time isn’t always on the side of supertrain-spotters

Edit The Independent 09 Jun 2016
Much about the fastest railway on the planet is odd. To see how blurry the outside world looks at nearly four times the motorway speed limit in Britain, fly to Shanghai ... Well, so I’ve heard ... Of the 24 flights a week to Shanghai, only the daily Virgin Atlantic flight from Heathrow delivers the supertrain-spotter to Pudong airport at the right time to connect to the railway rocket ... Shanghai supertrain pudong airport delay Virgin Atlantic ....

Must See TV: Horrible ideas that became real primetime TV shows

Edit Zap2it 29 Apr 2016
As bad as some current programs may be, there will always be a holy pantheon of “What the heck were they thinking?” shows, some of which were well-publicized disasters like “Manimal,” “Pink Lady & Jeff” or “Supertrain.”. Then there are those that were so bad, society seems to have erased it from their collective memories like a bad tattoo ... RELATED. One-episode wonders ... Aired ... Network ... ....

Flash mob prep, $10 prom dresses, Supertrain extravaganza and other Calgary weekend events

Edit CBC 15 Apr 2016
Hot on the heels of Alberta budget day, Homestretch director Tracy Fuller has compiled a list of "budget friendly" options to get the whole family out of the house this weekend — from all-you-can-eat sugary cereal to a model train extravaganza ... ....

The true secret of Hollywood or any success.

Edit Huffington Post 15 Apr 2016
And yet ... With that particular go-fuck-yourself-supertrain heading straight for your groin and before any young executive could confuse me with comedy legend Betty White, I moved back to my native New York and after a few years of Hollywood detox (someone has to come up with a Hollywood Rehab program for those of us who have OD'd on the attitude that we have been doing God's work because we have worked with John Stamos and Will Smith ... ....

I train fat rich guys and then get them laid

Edit New York Post 15 Feb 2016
Michael Shah may be a real estate developer worth $300 million, but he gets no respect in the basement of his luxurious Union Square apartment. As the 38-year-old CEO and principal of DelShah Capital grunts through a set of lat pulldowns, his trainer, Hamid Castro, points to a corner of the subterranean gym ... R. Umar Abbasi ... The supertrainer kept Shah motivated by flashing him Facebook photos of his ex’s new, well-built boyfriend ... R....

What if bullet trains frighten the cows and there’s no milk?

Edit Star Telegram 25 Nov 2015
Texas has been through high-speed rail debates before. TGV Supertrain would have linked Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio. The cows couldn’t care less ... ....

I'm not a paid lobbyist

Edit The Tribune San Luis Obispo 01 Oct 2015
CalCoastNews writer Dan Blackburn tried to disparage my recent column about the Phillips 66 oil supertrain project by accusing me of having conflicts of interest. He was wrong ... ....

A man for all TV seasons: Fred Silverman ran all 3 networks

Edit The Associated Press 14 Sep 2015
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- At age 77, Fred Silverman has cast his practiced eye on a few upcoming fall TV shows ... Mostly, he's glad he can judge from the sidelines ... THE BIRTH OF TV ... There were times when I stubbed my toe, and some will end up being on my tombstone - like `Supertrain.'". A budget-busting flop in 1979, "Supertrain" was conceived as a contemporary "Murder on the Orient Express," and "till my dying day I'll say it was a great idea ... ....

University Games Adds Spinner®, Chickenfoot® and More!

Edit PR Newswire 09 Jul 2015
Puremco's Spinner® and SuperTrain™ thrust University Games into a natural leader position in specialty domino-based games. The wide selection of Puremco products includes dominoes from Double 6 to Double 18, Number Dominoes and the original authorized games of Chickenfoot®, Mexican Train®, Spinner, SuperTrain and the unique Texas Hold'Em CARDominoes™ ... Contact.. Craig Hendrickson. University Games. 415-503-1600 ... ....

7 shows that mattered in the '70s

Edit CNN 07 Jun 2015
(CNN)If television is a mirror of its times, the 1970s were a very confused era indeed. The most popular shows of the decade's first half, such as "All in the Family," took on social issues with directness and passion ... 1 ... Replay ... 2 ... 3 ... The Peacock Network's only major hits were "Little House on the Prairie" and "CHiPs," and it was often a laughingstock, thanks to such failures as "The Montefuscos," "The Waverly Wonders" and "Supertrain." ... ....

Bad shows from the 1970s

Edit Newsday 29 May 2015
Add comment Reprints + -. advertisement . advertise on newsday ... Here are five notable tube turkeys from the Me Decade..   ... Most popular ... Shull) gets a new partner ... SUPERTRAIN (1979) In this dramatic anthology, a futuristic train zoomed across America's rails at 200 mph carrying passengers (a "Love Boat"-like, ever-changing roster of B-listers) who frolicked in its pool, relaxed in its steam room and danced at its discotheque ... Log in ... ....

J S Bach to get acid test in Southwest Stakes

Edit The Tribune San Luis Obispo 12 Feb 2015
Supertrainers Bob Baffert and Steve Asmussen have won five of the last six runnings of the Southwest Stakes. Meanwhile, Todd Pletcher, the other supertrainer, has zero wins. ....

Critic picks the top 15 movies of the year

Edit Seattle Post 12 Feb 2015
After 10 years reviewing movies for the Chronicle, I won't be critiquing films in 2015. I'm ditching my day-to-day responsibilities and taking the entire year to work on a project involving the Chronicle's photo and print archives ... My picks are below ... 15. Guardians of the Galaxy ... 14 ... 13 ... 12 ... Joon-ho Bong created a thoughtful action spectacular, as the last vestiges of humanity challenge the caste system on their perpetual motion supertrain ... ....
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