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Word: motorless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...barge itself is a motorless wonder. While the orchestra members travel overland by bus, Boudreau moves the barge from stop to stop, like a kind of riverside hitchhiker. All the tow captains know the Point Counterpoint, as the barge is officially known, and willingly put a towline aboard and move it on to the next town. That saves the orchestra $12,000 to $15,000 a summer in tow charges. Placed against the orchestra's annual $90,000 budget, the saving is substantial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Barge Man | 7/26/1971 | See Source »

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