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0 | Tuesday 's hearing was a dramatic departure from the last time Amtrak 's fate was considered by Commerce Committee members . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | In February , a subcommittee led by Amtrak supporter Sen . Kay Bailey Hutchison , R - Texas , endorsed the railway 's plan to expand rather than cut service as the route to fiscal health . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | But Hutchison and pro- Amtrak Democrats Max Cleland of Georgia and John Kerry of Massachusetts had to settle for supporting roles Tuesday as McCain offered an unflattering history lesson about Amtrak , which runs two routes that cross Arizona . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Congress created Amtrak in <num> from a collection of failing passenger railroads . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | The promise , McCain said , was that Amtrak would be self-sufficient after two years of federal operating subsidies . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Amtrak is now in its 29th year of subsidies and has consumed more than $ <num> billion in federal operating support . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | '' I am now embarrassed to admit that I worked to create Amtrak , '' Joseph Vranich , a former Amtrak spokesman turned critic , told the committee . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Congress gave Amtrak in <num> an infusion of aid along with a <num> deadline to become self-sufficient . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Amtrak Chairman Tommy Thompson , Wisconsin 's governor , told the committee the railway will meet the deadline . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | He said Amtrak 's governing board met last week and addressed much of the criticism in Mead 's audit . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | '' For much of Amtrak 's history , it was not run like a business , '' Thompson said . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | But in recent years we have made remarkable progress in turning Amtrak around. '' | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Thompson , Mead and Scheinberg agreed that , even if Amtrak weans itself from federal operating subsidies by <num> , it will need significant continuing federal support for capital expenses like track repair . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | On the Net : Amtrak : http : //www . amtrak . com | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | WASHINGTON _ Amtrak managers filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday alleging that the company discriminated against African-Americans in management and other white-collar positions . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | The lawsuit is the second discrimination charge against Amtrak this year in US District Court in Washington . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Black track-laying and repair workers in the Northeast filed a class-action suit in April , also charging unfair treatment of blacks and likening Amtrak to a `` plantation . '' | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | The plaintiffs ' lawyers said they want Amtrak to change its employment and disciplinary practices , and they are seeking damages for back pay and mental anguish . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | In response to the allegations , Amtrak officials said Thursday the company works to prevent discrimination . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | `` Amtrak has a zero -tolerance policy for discriminatory practices in hiring or in any aspect of the workplace , '' said George D . Warrington , Amtrak 's acting president and chief executive officer . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | The earlier lawsuit , which included two Amtrak workers from Massachusetts , opened the door for the second suit , lawyers said . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | The white female plaintiff , Leslie Dunning of Fairfax Station , Va . , said Amtrak demoted her in retaliation for helping a black manager prepare a report that detailed discrimination within the company . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | In a conference call with reporters to discuss the company 's plans , Warrington said that before Congress created Amtrak a quarter-century ago , nearly half of railroads ' passenger -train revenue actually came from hauling freight . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | In adding freight cars now to its regular passenger runs , he said , Amtrak will not allow any compromise in speed or reliability . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | `` They 've already added so much time to the schedule of the Chief , '' said Ross Capon , executive director of the National Association of Railroad Passengers , `` and already had so many horror stories. '' | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Analysts said they thought Amtrak could find a substantial niche in carrying high-value freight . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Amtrak also said Wednesday that it would close its food warehouses and hire Dobbs International Services , which already provides food to airlines , to do the same with trains . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | NEW YORK _ Aiming to bring high-speed rail service to Boston by the start of the new millennium , Amtrak said Tuesday that it would start rolling out the first of its new <num> mile -an-hour trains by December . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | But more important for Amtrak , the high-speed train provides a model for its rail service across the nation , and is the centerpiece of its hopes of economic redemption after operating for three decades with government subsidies . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | `` Today we are kicking off the revitalization of train service in America , '' Gov . Tommy G . Thompson of Wisconsin , who is the chairman of Amtrak 's board , said at a Manhattan news conference . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | With new , electrified engines pulling rebuilt Amtrak cars , the three-hour schedule has been made possible by extensive track work and electrification from New Haven to Boston , a project that cost $ <num> billion . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Officials of Amtrak refused to say what they would charge for the high-speed rail trip . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Amtrak 's ticket pricing for high-speed trains could be crucial to its success . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | To attract more riders , Amtrak said it would schedule more trains along the length of its Northeast corridor , with the biggest service expansion between Boston and New York City . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Another question left unanswered Tuesday was how many stops the high-speed trains would make , another complex equation for Amtrak planners , since every stop increases travel time for those on board . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Preliminary plans by Amtrak that were released yesterday call for stops of its high-speed express service in Boston , Providence , R.I . , | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Amtrak plans to name the trains Acela -LRB- pronounced uh-SELL-uh -RRB- , which is a made-up name , not an acronym . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | David Neeleman , the company 's chief executive , said recently that the airline will operate as Jetblue Airways . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Amtrak Is Rolling Out Satisfaction Express | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Amtrak plans to put a customer-satisfaction guarantee into effect by the end of the year . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Amtrak said its new hiring would focus on people with traits that met customer-service needs . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Trains that do n't pass muster wo n't be permitted to leave , said John Wolf , an Amtrak spokesman . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Amtrak is counting on the new service , called Acela , to lure business away from the airlines and to generate $ <num> million a year in profits . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | But he said Amtrak would make ends meet with new revenue , most of which is derived from one-time deals . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Amtrak said it would know in <num> days when the trains would be ready . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Warrington and the president of Bombardier , Jacques Lapare , were not specific about the cause of the problem , but Lapare said that it became apparent only because of instrumentation on a test train at Pueblo . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Amtrak is also upgrading the tracks between Washington and Boston , said Warrington , which should lead to improved service even before the high-speed trains are introduced . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Amtrak will lose money again this year , but will meet the congressional deadline of weaning itself from operating subsidies by the fiscal year ending Sept . <num> , <num> , officials said . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
0 | Amtrak ridership statistics go back to <num> . | 3 | Who is the president or chief executive of Amtrak ? |
1 | When Jack Welch took over GE in <num> , he inherited a slow-moving , bureaucratic company . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
1 | For that matter , the World Wide Web did not even exist when John F . Welch Jr . took over the General Electric Co . in <num> . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
1 | Welch became GE 's chief executive in April <num> , so the date will mark his 20th anniversary . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
1 | Welch has turned what had been a $ <num> billion manufacturing company in <num> into a $ <num> billion behemoth that derives huge portions of its revenues from more profitable services . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
1 | When Welch was named chief executive in <num> , most of the also- rans quit . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | In his author 's note , he points out that the subject of his book , Jack Welch , chairman of General Electric Co . , refused to cooperate with the project . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | `` At Any Cost '' is actually a remarkably one-sided book about Welch 's tenure at GE . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | O'Boyle has made Welch the poster boy for modern capitalism and all the ills that accompany it : downsizing , deal-making , ethical violations , pollution . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | If the book had come out a few months later , O'Boyle probably would have blamed Welch for the Asian financial crisis and the collapse of the ruble . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | Welch rolled up his sleeves and went to work . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | Welch did n't invent the forces of modern capitalism . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | Bill Gates may be America 's best known corporate leader , but in business circles , Jack Welch is probably more admired . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | Welch has created winners in at least half a dozen separate fields . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | He dismisses Welch 's foray into finance _ probably his greatest triumph _ in a few paragraphs . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | O'Boyle has plenty to say about the problems of the Welch years . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | More than <num> GE jobs have been axed under Welch , in a series of downsizings that have devastated old industrial towns like Pittsfield and Schenectady , N.Y . Did Welch need to be so hard-nosed ? | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | It is also fair to ask how much blame Welch should bear for some of the ethical lapses that have happened on his watch , especially in the defense business . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | While Welch has never told his employees to break the law , the high-pressure culture he has created may have encouraged some of his underlings to cross the line in pursuit of greater profits . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | In the business press , Jack Welch receives very different treatment . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | Someday , a book will come along that provides a balanced account of Jack Welch . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | Nor did anyone at the LTV Corp . question Peter E . Kelly about the marketing potential of the Internet when he was named president of the company in <num> and became a front-runner for the top job . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | `` Even if they do n't specify Internet savvy by name , they are asking for it , '' said Gerard R . Roche , chairman of Heidrick & Struggles , a search firm . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | `` The Internet is such a new phenomenon that it would be too limiting to mandate hands-on experience , '' said Thomas J . Neff , chairman of U.S . operations for the search firm Spencer Stuart . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | That worries Kelly , <num> , who became chairman of LTV in February . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | Everyone knew it was coming , but now they know when : John F . Welch Jr . , the chairman of General Electric , will retire after the company 's annual meeting in April <num> . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | Welch , who announced the date on CNBC on Monday evening , will turn <num> on Nov . <num> , <num> , and had always indicated he would step down then . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | `` Jack still plans to announce his successor in mid-2000 , so this is business as usual for us , '' said Beth Comstock , a GE spokeswoman . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | In a sense , Welch will be both a difficult and an easy act to follow . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | Corporate wags have long referred to GE as `` the House that Jack built. '' | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | He whittled away at GE 's bloated staff long before downsizing became a buzzword , earning him the rubric of Neutron Jack _ someone who kills off the people but leaves the physical assets intact . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | Welch has also turned GE into what he calls a `` boundary-less '' organization , a place where executives are rewarded for sharing insights and customer contacts and castigated for keeping good ideas to themselves . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | Only people whom Welch deemed to be team players were propelled up the ranks . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | `` The businesses have a momentum in market share and profitability that will persist when Jack is retired , '' said Russell A . Leavitt , an analyst at Banc of America Securities . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | `` And Jack will personally introduce him to the major customers . '' | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | Welch has often said he thinks chief executives should stay for <num> , even <num> years , to live with the results of their long-term decisions . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
0 | At <num> , Immelt could conceivably serve as long as Welch has . | 4 | When did Jack Welch become chairman of General Electric ? |
1 | `` Six Sigma has galvanized our company with an intensity the likes of which I have never seen in my <num> years at GE , '' said John Welch , chairman of General Electric . | 5 | How many years was Jack Welch with GE ? |
0 | So fervent a proselytizer is Welch that GE has spent three years and more than $ <num> billion to convert all of its divisions to the Six Sigma faith . | 5 | How many years was Jack Welch with GE ? |
0 | The GE Medical Systems unit recently introduced a $ <num> million diagnostic scanner , the first product that GE designed from start to finish using Six Sigma principles . | 5 | How many years was Jack Welch with GE ? |
0 | Six Sigma teamwork enabled GE Plastics to produce <num> billion pounds more plastics without building one new plant . | 5 | How many years was Jack Welch with GE ? |
0 | In the case of the new GE Medical Systems product _ a superfast diagnostic scanner called the Lightspeed _ <num> people spent nearly three years and almost $ <num> million to run <num> separate Six Sigma analyses . | 5 | How many years was Jack Welch with GE ? |
0 | GE Medical Systems , which already controls <num> percent of the $ <num> billion global market for scanners , has high hopes for the Lightspeed . | 5 | How many years was Jack Welch with GE ? |
0 | But Six Sigma enabled GE Medical to anticipate which compromises doctors would accept . | 5 | How many years was Jack Welch with GE ? |
0 | The old tubes , which cost $ <num> each to replace , had long been a thorn in GE 's side . | 5 | How many years was Jack Welch with GE ? |
1 | GE-WELCH -LRB- Undated -RRB- _ Jack Welch , chairman and chief executive of General Electric , has set a date of April <num> for his previously disclosed plans to step down . | 6 | When did Jack Welch retire from GE ? |
1 | GE-WELCH -LRB- Undated -RRB- _ Everyone knew it was coming , but now they know when : John Welch , the chairman of General Electric Co . , will retire after the company 's annual meeting in April <num> . | 6 | When did Jack Welch retire from GE ? |
1 | Everyone knew it was coming , but now they know when : John F . Welch Jr . , the chairman of General Electric , will retire after the company 's annual meeting in April <num> . | 6 | When did Jack Welch retire from GE ? |
1 | GE 'S WELCH PLANS TO RETIRE IN APRIL <num> | 6 | When did Jack Welch retire from GE ? |
1 | Welch plans to retire in <num> , and analysts who track the company have said the presidents of GE Medical Systems , GE Power Systems and GE Aircraft Engines are the apparent frontrunners for Welch 's position . | 6 | When did Jack Welch retire from GE ? |
0 | GE - WELCH-ROLE Looking at Welch 's role as a model for chief executives everywhere . | 6 | When did Jack Welch retire from GE ? |
0 | Welch became GE 's chief executive in April <num> , so the date will mark his 20th anniversary . | 6 | When did Jack Welch retire from GE ? |
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