Word: jam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...River that runs near Brattleboro. Standing 20 ft. above the river, it looked rickety and narrow. On the other end, two narrow roads branched off, and we had to make a U-turn on the narrow road to get back. It was the first, but not the last, traffic jam that we managed to create during the trip...
Later, in South Newfane, we found another covered bridge and created another traffic jam. This 116-year-old bridge looked more dangerous than the first--single lane, crossing over a stream, unpainted, tiny amounts of autumn light filtering through the small openings in the side of the bridge. South Newfane seemed like the perfect setting for a bridge like this. Not a single house looked younger than 100 years old. Almost everything was painted white or red. An old mill stood by the side of the stream. It was a five minute drive off Route 30, along a winding road...
Clemens, the most dominant pitcher in baseballthis season with a 24-4 record--including a 3-0mark against the Angels--came out throwing hardwith fastballs exceeding 95 m.p.h. He escaped atwo-on, two-out jam in the first inning byretiring Doug DeCinces on a drive to thecenter-field wall, and opened the second by easilystriking out Rob Wilfong and Dick Schofield...
...Francisco law firm of St. Clair, Zappettini, McFetridge & Griffin was in a jam. Embroiled in a complex defense of an asbestos manufacturer as part of a multimillion-dollar liability suit, the six-member partnership faced a shortage of able-bodied attorneys to handle depositions. St. Clair's solution: the firm hired six lawyers for the job as temps. In the same fashion, when St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, Minn., needed a qualified radiologist to work for just a month to cover for vacationing staff, they rented the services of a physician who had most recently done similar stints...
...this from the cab of an 18-wheel truck stuck in the traffic jam: "What's the holdup...