Word: bridgeses
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Does anyone really think that members of Congress, who routinely pillage billions of tax dollars for post offices and bridges in their own districts, will shy away from influencing the direction of this huge investment windfall? And even if they are not so crass as to pick a shipbuilding company...
The dark was for him what sunlight was for Monet, an astonishment, an eternal element that his chosen medium had never been able to "get" before. In 1933 he published Paris at Night, a book that instantly secured his reputation and remains one of the milestone volumes of 20th century...
His first breakthrough came when he landed a job as secretary and telegrapher to Tom Scott, a powerful overlord of the Pennsylvania Railroad. At 23 Carnegie headed Pennsy's Pittsburgh division and began to rake in a small fortune from outside investments ranging from oil to iron bridges. When he...
In 1997 the Oklahoma legislature agreed to spend $700 million on state roads and bridges. Of that figure, Guymon's and Texas County's share amounted to $37.3 million. That worked out to a per capita highway spending in Texas County of $2,200--or some 10 times what was...
The Modern Lovers signed to Warner Brothers, which proves just how base corporate rock today is, since major labels then weren't afraid to sign bands like the Stooges or the MC5 or the Modern Lovers. All these bands were commercial flops, so it's understandable that labels were chastened...