Word: gridlocking
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...Police closed all of East 50th Street from Park Avenue to Lexington Avenue as an overnight parking lot for the presidential motorcade, which took up both sides of the street. The United Nations had tried to make New Yorkers feel better about the gridlock and street closures with an "Everyone Is A Delegate" advertising campaign on subways, buses and telephone kiosks. Roads were clogged with Denalis, Town Cars and Mercedes with window signs like "Malaysia 11," "Togo 3" and the Saudi Arabian "Royal Protocol...
...their credit, Nagin and state officials did pull off a complex traffic-evacuation plan that weekend, which involved reversing the traffic flow on three interstates. A similar scheme led to massive gridlock last year during Hurricane Ivan. Officials had just finished a new plan, weeks before Katrina. For people with cars, it worked beautifully. An estimated 80% of the population evacuated, which--if true--is a major accomplishment in any city--but especially in New Orleans, where residents have to travel at least 80 miles to get out of harm...
...Schröder's idea of calling an early election is illogical. He hopes it will end the gridlock created by the opposition-controlled Bundesrat (upper house) and the government-controlled Bundestag (lower house). But if his Social Democrats win, the situation is likely to remain the same. What he should do is form a grand coalition with the opposition Christian Democrats until the constitutional end of the Social Democrats' term, in 2006. That would help break the gridlock. Alfred Jung Gau-Bischofsheim, Germany...
...Iraq, Schröder's term would have ended after four years, in 2002. It's time for him to go. No one will miss him. Thomas Kanthak Braunfels, Germany Schröder's idea of calling early elections is illogical. He hopes that they will end the gridlock created by the opposition-controlled Bundesrat (upper house) and the government-controlled Bundestag (lower house). But if his Social Democrats win, the situation will probably remain the same. What he should do is form a grand coalition with the opposition Christian Democrats until the constitutional end of the Social Democrats' term...
Gross overbooking produced a nightmare at Newark's North Terminal on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, People's busiest day of the year. The cramped building was so crowded that human gridlock developed. Hundreds of people never made it onto a plane and spent the night at the airport. On Dec. 20, People stranded 160 Newark-bound passengers in San Francisco because of overbooking...