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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Open Roads | 4/12/1963 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Leads GBI; Beckwith Goes 6-4 1/2 For Jump Mark | 5/9/1962 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Sightseer | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

...fierce punch. Israeli Shermans and AMXs ran into a strong battalion of Egyptian armor, veered away from it while Israeli infantry moved to the attack. Overhead, Israeli Mysteres spotted a major reinforcing column (it apparently was a full corps of up to 50,000 men) lumbering eastward along the macadam road from Ismailia. Egyptian Vampires and MIGs came in to cover the reinforcements, fell into battle with Israeli fighters. By late in the day, it was still a battle. The Egyptians were fighting with more skill and courage than in the 1948 fiasco. Then came the ultimatum from Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: Blitz in the Desert | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

Margaret R. Antonelli '57 was elected vice-president. Other new officers are Meredith A. MacAdam '58, secretary, Nina S. Dimmitt '58, assistant secretary, Susan Olsen '58, treasurer, Lynn V. Moorhead '58, assistant treasurer, Elizabeth B. Borden '59, National Student Association alternate, and Jean L. Anderson '59, electoral chairman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Goukassow Elected 'Cliffe Student Head | 2/29/1956 | See Source »

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