Word: lane
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Truman Library, a few miles to the north of Interstate 70, is on Route 24, one of those now typical four-lane highways which take dreary second place to limited-access throughways. New motels, advertising their accessibility to the library, cluster near interstate exists--Hilton, Sheraton, Ramada, Howard Johnson, Travel Lodge, and Holiday Inn. As one leaves the throughway and approaches The Truman Library, Route 24 is lined with used car lots, supermarkets, gas stations, fast food stores, retail outlets, and light industry. The library and the pleasant municipal park across the highway make a striking contrast...
...modest contribution toward the celebration of the nation's Bicentennial, the city of Philadelphia decided to restore to its original state the paving of a block-long passageway called Elfreth's Alley. Certainly no lane in the land seemed more deserving of such loving care. Philadelphians have been living on it since the turn of the 18th century, thus making Elfreth's, or so they claim, the oldest continuously inhabited residential street...
From the beginning, Kennedy's story inspired skepticism. His account was contradicted by the testimony of Deputy Sheriff Christopher F. ("Huck") Look Jr., who lived on Chappaquiddick. Driving home that night, Look saw a car cross in front of. him at about 12:45 a.m., stop in a lane called Cemetery Road, back up and go down Dike Road. Look noted that the car carried Massachusetts license L7-7; he forgot the middle numbers. Farther along the road, he came upon a man and two women who declined his offer of a ride...
Beaten Look. That the Packers' losing record produced some discontent among players was not surprising. But Devine's aides were a good deal less than fair when they told the community that the team's beefs added up to a major mutiny. Chuck Lane, who has since departed as the Packers' public relations man, still insists: "The players can't stand Devine. They want him out." The players themselves say that their complaints about Devine's strict discipline and lack of strategic imagination fall far short of rebellion; most echo Middle Linebacker Jim Carter...
...Harvard varsity squad sailed to a Lane trophy title racing against 13 schools at Tufts, Saturday. MIT led the ten-race regatta most of the way, but the Crimson rallied in the final two races to edge out Tech by one point. The sailers competed in larks, or small sloops...