Word: highway
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...West Rock palisades, which dominate New Haven, caused trouble from the start. The highway couldn't cut outside the cliff-that would take traffic too far from the city. It couldn't cut inside them either-the ground was swampy and the land was costly. The only choice was to cut right through them...
Yesterday the whole 90-mile system was opened to traffic, and the State Highway Commission has promised to extend the route to the Massachusetts border...
...smaller retail businesses, it is easier to find evidence of recession in Cambridge. During the past year, total sales volume dropped six per cent, and many a small merchant is feeling the pinch for the first time since the war. New out-of-town highway stores have joined with buyer resistance in cutting down business...
...went to the Intourist hotel in a Packard. "We rode," he says, "along a magnificent highway. It had twelve lanes but no automobiles. Just bums along the road. At the hotel they asked how much money I had. I showed them my travelers' checks and they said they were no good. I said the American Express Co. would be very indignant about that because they prided themselves on their travelers' checks. I said I'd telephone collect and the American Express could put them straight, but they said no. They loaned me 100 rubles and offered...
Firing Line. In Wayzata, Minn., demonstrating that there is no reason to fear a gun "if you always keep the safety catch on," State Highway Patrolman Fred Steege reached for his holster, shot himself...