Word: macadam
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with the ribbons of concrete and macadam that twine and tunnel through the U.S. Superhighways are a brand-new form of functional art, with elements that differ from the construction of any roads in history. The wrong kind of curve can be dangerous when one is moving at more than a mile a minute, and no curve at all can be lethal. The new art-science of freeway design forms the most original section of a new book called Man-Made America, by Planners Christopher Tunnard and Boris Pushkarev (Yale...
...high jump, despite all this brilliance, was the only final the Crimson didn't win yesterday, as it ran up 55 points to 21 1/2 for B.U. and 10 for B.C. The remaining events will be contested today, but the varsity may not risk running on Brandeis' macadam track if the weather is cold...
...nicknames began with Supermac, coined by Cartoonist Vicky. Macmillan has since become known in times of budget cutting as Mac the Knife, during the trouble in Cyprus as Macblunder, and during a highway fuss as Macadam. For the great fur cap he wore to Moscow and odd gear he favors on other occasions, he also became Macmilliner...