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...seven-lane bridge linking Seattle to its eastern suburbs across Lake Washington was closed twice after the collapse of an adjacent 50-year-old pontoon bridge. The 110,000 commuters depending on the link were forced to clog an alternate bridge or detour 30 miles. Property losses are expected to rise well above $100 million. Said Governor Booth Gardner: "My state is falling apart...
...owners in rural France. In the late 1970s, another era of spiraling oil costs and Middle East tension, a handful of automakers developed midget voitures sans permis (no-license cars) to meet the needs of older consumers in a countryside poorly served by public transportation. Now, as metropolitan streets clog with traffic, savvy businessmen, fashion models and young professionals have seized upon the VSP as a practical, low-hassle alternative to conventional cars for darting around France's major cities...
...times the size of the White House in Marbella, Spain. He owns several jets and yachts, all with gold bathroom faucets; his main yacht, a $60 million craft, is escorted by a vessel that carries Stinger antiaircraft missiles. His fleet of air-conditioned Rolls-Royces, Cadillacs and Mercedes would clog Rodeo Drive...
...Construction Corporation: "It will be attractive enough to encourage people to leave cars behind." The line is expected to carry 35,000 daily passengers the first year and 54,000 by the year 2000. That will leave more than enough of L.A.'s 4 1/2 million auto commuters to clog freeways well into the next century...
...came in for defensive tackle John Brzezenski on those plays, seemed to increase Harvard's flexibility against the run. The four defensive linemen were able to get better penetration lined up in the gaps rather than lined up directly across from someone, and the three linebackers were able to clog up any running room that did develop...