Word: asphaltic
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First he wanted to pave Harvard Yard with asphalt. At other times throughout his 34-year political career, City Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci has proposed turning the Lampoon into a public latrine...
...slices decisively through rich Iowa farmland, where the dirt is almost as dark as the two-lane asphalt ribbon that bisects the table-flat prairie west of Fort Dodge. The highway dips, then rises gently to Sac City, a town devastated by plunging crop prices, sagging spirits and the near collapse of rural America in the past decade...
...past, property owners have built condominiums blocking views of the river and have paved the riverbanks with asphalt for parking lots...
...finally, this wickedly complex movie is not to be taken literally. It is not an inside look at organized crime any more than it is a study of the joys and dangers of sexual obsession. It is a parable of generational conflict in Director Huston's most sardonic (or Asphalt Jungle) vein. Its basic irony derives from the fact that the Prizzi hoods, colorfully impersonated by such welcome old pros as William Hickey, Robert Loggia and Lee Richardson, represent, despite their line of work, traditional values. They take the long, institutional view of their enterprise, understanding that its greatest asset...
Mobil, with 1984 revenues over $50 billion, began operations in South Africa in 1897, and today has $400 million invested in the country, principally two main subsidiaries: Mobil Oil Southern Africa (MOSA) and Mobil Refining Company South Africa. MOSA sells fuels, lubricants, asphalt other products, owns about 1211 service station and has about 20.7 percent of the country's retail gasoline market share, according to company figures. Through the refining company, it owns 65,000-barrel-a-day refinery at Durban and 47 percent of a South African refining company. Some 3182 of Mobil's 178,100 worldwide employees...