Word: asphalting
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...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...
...growl of four-wheel-drive vehicles pulling unsuspecting travelers out of the region's annual goo. The 949 frugal residents of Plainfield, Vt., authorized a study to see if they should keep their dirt roads-potholes and all-instead of paving them with expensive, and unprofitable, asphalt...
...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...
...REALITIES of Cambridge geography have not been kind to Harvard. The half mile of asphalt and brownstones separating the Quad and the Yard seemed insignificant enough when coed housing and other integrating moves were made. But it was big enough to produce one of the first campus issues of recent years to arouse more than a dinner conversation--the chronic housing problem...