Word: highway
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stating his point, Silverstein quoted a startling figure: "If the government eliminated five miles of interstate highway and divided that money among the six major U.S. orchestras, they'd never have to charge admission to one of those orchestra's concerts ever again...
What Jordan and Carter's other top aides apparently did not sense was that in the evil city of Washington, the scrutiny of high officials is so intense that even mothers sometimes turn out to have done things their own sons never suspected. Governors, Senators and highway commissioners can do a lot of things that look horrible only when the doers are elevated to the White House level, where symbolism, as Carter himself recognizes, is often more important than substance...
...bomber and played a major role in developing the L-1011 airbus. Although he argued forcefully for the SST, the program was defeated in 1971, and he became a special technology consultant to President Nixon, spurring increased Government fund- ing for mass transit, energy research and highway safety projects. In 1973 Magruder resigned to become executive vice president of Piedmont Aviation...
Only about 4 million Soviet citizens, or 1.5% of the total, own cars, v. 98 million people, or nearly half the population, in the U.S. But the U.S.S.R. does not have nearly a good enough road network to support even the relatively small number of cars already on the highway. Most of the 860,000 miles of highways are poorly graded and/or potholed; 90% of the system is unpaved. During the spring thaw, fully 70% of the entire network becomes an impassable river of mud. According to Pravda, 40,000 miles of new roads must be built or improved...
CHiPS (premiere: Sept. 15, 8 p.m. E.D.T. on NBC). Since this series about the California highway patrol is the only new cop show of the season, prime time will soon have to live without a new cop show. Up against The Waltons and the Osmonds, CHiPS may not last out the month. Erik Estrada stars as a motorcycle cop named Poncherello ("Ponch" to friends) who bears an all too obvious resemblance to both Baretta and the Fonz. For an hour, he and his partner (Larry Wilcox) ride the Los Angeles freeways arresting or aiding motorists. Occasionally they take a break...