Re "Fast Train to Nowhere," by Richard White (Op-Ed, April 24), which argues against subsidies for high-speed rail and the development of "lines in places where there is no demonstrated demand": All forms of transportation are subsidized.
By the beginning of December the railway had reached Bir el Mazar and with the development of lines of communications, garrisons, support and services, it became possible to plan for an advance to El Arish.
For a full development of this line of argument, see Miller 2003b and 2006.
The result in the present study indicates that direct mechanical influences may be more important for the development of white line fissures than white line haemorrhages.
The First Anglo-Dutch War (1652 54) saw the development of the line of battle, a tactic where ships formed a continuous line to fire broadsides at an enemy.
Lands' End hired a fit specialist, Pam Saving, to coordinate development of the line.
Recently, Ferronorte won a 100m reais ($50m) tax credit to speed its development of the line.
In 1973, he joined Elizabeth Arden, a subsidiary of Eli Lilly, and led its research into the biochemistry and mechanical properties of skin, which resulted in development of a line of anti-aging moisturizers that included Visible Difference and Millennium.
This methodology provides a structured approach to the development of engineering line diagrams from process flowsheets.
