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But nothing could embarrass this most majestic of bridges, built in treacherous waters at a cost of only eleven lives. More would have been killed had not Joseph B. Strauss, the engineer who conceived and built the bridge, insisted that nets be strung under the workmen; the nets saved 19...
"I'm not jumping off any bridges," Daly said. "It's the first game of the series. They did their job. We have to do a better job."
Then the partners discovered they were eligible for loans from the Small Business Administration to minority-owned companies. By the early 1980s Welbilt had become the beneficiary of an SBA program allowing minority firms to obtain federal contracts without competitive bidding. The once two-bit machine shop began winning million...
The larger issue underlying the veto fight was serious: Should Congress have the right to mandate the construction and repair of individual roads and bridges? Almost all the money in the $88 billion, five-year authorization bill is passed on to the states according to complex allocation formulas. But legislators...
The fuss over the pork-barrel issue masks a significant turnabout in the condition of the nation's highways. In 1982, the last time Congress passed a comprehensive highway bill, the debate was dominated by scare talk of decaying roads and crumbling bridges, complete with suggestions that the nation's...