Word: gridlock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...little chance to display erudition. Indeed, the interview choices seemed to be so obvious that on several occasions network crews were lined up three deep alongside such figures as Catania or President Reagan's Campaign Consultant Drew Lewis, turning the usual traffic jam in the aisles into human gridlock. Summed up Wallace: "There were two clear advantages to this assignment. One was that the layers of buffer between reporters and politicians were gone; they were all right there in front of you, ready to be engaged in conversation. The other was, if you like to appear on television, there...
Contrary to the direst forecasts of terminal gridlock and rampaging tourism, Los Angeles has seldom seemed so vacant or livable since freeways were invented. A strange term, "freeflow conditions," has been revived, and "Black Friday," the first day all the downtown venues were in session at once, has been survived. The most worrisome congestion may be in the sky, where security men, sheiks and chairmen of the board are churning around in helicopter jams. "All of the talk about smog and heat and traffic scared a lot of people away," said Charles O'Connell, the Olympic traffic-operations chief...
...opponent, who may come to a complete and balanced halt, until the final 200 meters, then slingshot past him and sprint for glory. The contenders were Mark Gorski, 24, ranked fifth in the world, and the stylish Nelson ("Cheetah") Vails, 24. Vails learned his moves sprinting through gridlock as a New York City bicycle messenger. Gorski took the gold, taking both heats, Vails the silver, and Japan's Tsutomu Sakamoto the bronze. As they racked up the wins with their funny bikes and star-spangled skinsuits, the reasons for U.S. success became evident: Eddie B.'s tight...
...violet, aqua. "Festive Federalism," the designers call it. (What does that mean?) Oh, sorry. Please go on. You were talking about construction: 3,500 construction workers at 67 different (sites, including Olympic Villages, places for the Games, training facilities, parking lots. That is, if the cars can get there. Gridlock city, eh? No! Fifty-two miles of chain-link fence? Well, you can't be too careful. By all means, read the grocery list for the athletes. Pork, 63,700 Ibs.; beef, 206,555 Ibs.; 70,000 dozen eggs. (You do deliver?) You say that if someone laid those eggs...
...days, gridlock. Los Angeles airport will quake with arriving jets. The freeways will turn to stone. Athletes will start digging into the 70,000 dozen eggs. The 3,500 construction workers, having put up the bleachers and the Styrofoam signs, will relax at home, ready to watch ABC'S closeups and moments of Olympic history and expert analyses. No, the hotel never got your reservation. Sorry, this ticket is good only for the first round of archery. The world will look at California, which in turn will look as laid back as Edvard Munch's The Scream. Yet the place...