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We sure as hell got into the cattle-car of our own free happy will.

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And when you return, things seem less chaotic at Newark customs and baggage claim than the cattle-car conditions at JFK.

Seeing City With New Eyes Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

Percentages might have varied but one thing was certain: Texans weren't ready, weren't even cattle-car close, to elect a Democrat as Governor.

Rachel Farris: Ready or Not, Here Comes Rick Perry Rachel Farris 2010

Then came another back-of-the-plane cattle-car flight to Houston, another hour-long deplaning, and when I checked in at Avis the clerk declared that I could either have a PT Cruiser or some other vehicle I'd never heard of with a name like the Chevy Gnat.

Air Schlep 2010

Percentages might have varied but one thing was certain: Texans weren't ready, weren't even cattle-car close, to elect a Democrat as Governor.

Rachel Farris: Ready or Not, Here Comes Rick Perry Rachel Farris 2010

We sure as hell got into the cattle-car of our own free happy will.

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Unfortunately, the cattle-car reference, as it will forever now be known, was tweeted on the day Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi took a much-hyped flight from New Delhi to Mumbai in economy class.

Mira Kamdar: The Political Risks Of Tweeting In The Land Of Sacred Cows 2009

Ah well, the price of paying cattle-car rates, right?

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Finja's point is well taken: the train may indeed be more civilized in the sense of more peaceful and less "cattle-car" ish, but also be less rational if one's goal is to get from A to B in the most efficient way.

Do Austrian Economists Ride on Trains? - The Austrian Economists 2008

As for John McCain, almost all of the debates were cattle-car affairs.

Andrew Sullivan's contest: Make videos about McCain's old age. Ann Althouse 2008