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By obtaining control of a certain up-country bank, two general stores, and several logging camps, he could come into control of a certain dinky jerkwater line which shall here be nameless, but which, in his hands, would prove the key to a vastly larger situation involving more main-line mileage almost than there were spikes in the aforesaid dinky jerkwater.

Winged Blackmail 2010

-- “My brothers and sisters”: remember, the main-line universe which the DC superheroes inhabit is personified by Kismet, a female-appearing figure who first appeared in The Adventures Of Superman #494 (September 1992).

Annotations for Trinity issue #40 | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009

Then, too, there were the main-line feeders for his ferry system, tapping every portion of Oakland,

Chapter XVII 2010

Four government-backed rail companies – Deutsche Bahn, Renfe, Abellio and Trenitalia – express interest in profitable main-line route currently operated by Virgin Trains

Foreign state railways line up to bid for UK west coast franchise 2011

As to their main-line projection, interestingly they for the first time compute SS's financial status on an open-ended basis rather than just using the 75-year cut off.

Social Security Privatization, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

In fact, for those of us who were spiritually formed in the main-line religious traditions, the only support we could expect was if we had chosen to become conscientious objectors.

Bishop James Magness: Veterans: A New Era Of Serving God And Country Bishop James Magness 2011

Calgary and Portland are the go-to cities in North America for examples of how LRT can provide main-line service.

Mayors suggest Evergreen Line switch to save money « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

As a main-line service it excels at attracting riders and scales to meet demand without a corresponding increase in operating costs.

Mayors suggest Evergreen Line switch to save money « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

“There's nothing dangerous here in our program and there's nothing offensive to main-line Quebeckers,” said Mr. Nutik, a resident of Montreal's upper-class suburb of Westmount.

Archive 2007-05-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007

I made that comment because the main-line news is spoon-fed to you as propaganda which you lap up thinking that some great American truth is unfolding.

Former CNN Anchor Moves to The Onion - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009