Word: central
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Dallas: North Central Expressway. This aging artery to the northern suburbs of Richardson and Plano has been overloaded for years. Eight miles of road will double in width to eight lanes; the frightfully short merge lanes will be lengthened. Price: $109 million. Federal share: $40 million...
...Boston: Central Artery/Harbor Tunnel. The I-93 north-south expressway and the two tunnels that connect downtown to Logan International Airport are congested eight hours a day. Massive infusions of money into the mass-transit system, boat shuttles and airport helicopter services have failed to reduce traffic. Solution: widen and lower to ground level the now elevated distressway and build a third harbor tunnel. Price: $3.1 billion. Federal share: $2.5 billion...
...apparent flaw is with the character of Tracy. Some of this might be attributable to a slow start on opening night, for Halper did seem to improves as the play wore on. But Halper's performance consistently lacked vocal or facial life and expression. Because Tracy Lord is the central character of the play, this partially flawed performance casts a shadow over the entire production...
...hire an ethicist and let him teach something.' Our goal is to find fundamental ways of improving this," said Bower, who is also a professor of business administration. "I don't think it's our objective to have this as an elective activity. It seems to us quite central that the required program deal with ethical issues...
While the $87.9 billion package faces some criticism in Boston, one of the more controversial issues will be whether the current plan to lower the Central Artery will destroy North End neighborhoods in Boston...