Word: asphalted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...strap in and start the car. You shift upward, first, second, third, fourth and then down. Gas. Clutch. Shift. Now gas, clutch, gas again. Downshift. You are learning how to double-clutch. You are learning to control a car. You cease to hear the swallows. Your universe becomes an asphalt strip. It will be afternoon before Couture regards you as competent to corner in a Formula Ford...
...show, repeated tirelessly before different audiences, underscores both her strengths and weaknesses. She has instant recognition and a kind of asphalt glamour unmatched by any of her male adversaries in the race. She is also highly credible to ordinary voters, many of whom seem ready for a tough voice. That same message, however, makes her suspect among those who fear a return to the city's bad old days of openhanded spending on social services, consider her leftish, and point to her lack of administrative experience. And, just below the surface of her current relatively controlled persona, lurks...
...Manor. After following a few dead ends, and raising a few homeowners' wrath by cutting through their yards, they arrived at a seven-foot high chain link fence surrounding what appeared to be college dorms nestled in the rolling, wooded campus. The terrain was carefully landscaped and the neat asphalt walkways beyond the fence were well-lit, although no one seemed to be using them...
Next to the fenced-in compound containing the buildings is a bare dirt parking lot from which one can see all around. To the west is the asphalt road that connects the site to the highway and the town. To the north, beyond an array of giant gray conduits awaiting assembly, lie unspoiled salt marshes. To the east one can see the shoreline where lobstermen and fishermen work and where, on any sunny day in July or August, 100,000 people may be soaking in the sun and salt water. To the south stand pine trees that tower above...
...pulls into Nashville, Dolly gets excited. Soon she will be with her husband Carl on their 70-acre farm. Carl Dean, who Dolly says has never seen her perform, owns an asphalt-paving company and has built their 23-room house. Dolly does not spend much time there, but when she does she just likes to walk around and play a little tennis. She does not hang out with other country-music folks. When at home, she invites her family and close friends over. Says she: "I ain't no housewife, but I cook real good country food...