Word: off-ramp
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...when Major Nidal Malik Hasan woke up from his coma to find himself not in paradise but in Brooke Army Medical Center, deep in the heart of Texas, under security so tight that there were armed guards patrolling both the intensive-care unit and checkpoints at the nearest freeway off-ramp. This was not the finalé he had scripted when he gave away all his earthly goods - his desk lamp and air mattress, his frozen broccoli and spinach, his copies of the Koran. He had told his imam he was planning to visit his parents before deploying to Afghanistan...
...addicted to my e-mail, but it’s nothing short of exasperating when my little off-ramp on the information superhighway gets clogged with e-flotsam and e-jetsam...
...yeah. When I was doing Part IV. I literally would drive past the off-ramp. I couldn't do it! I couldn't get off! It was like going to the dentist...
Another issue that will likely be addressed by the transportation study is the poorly-organized turnpike interchange in Allston, where a congested off-ramp system and a curve in the turnpike itself have created an aggravating and potentially dangerous area for motorists...
This past summer my Daddy left his partner status at a posh law firm to join a company whose office building is on the off-ramp of Route 128 in Braintree. Très chic, no? He’s happier now and loves the fact that he was in the position to do what he wanted. I enviously try to keep up as my father completely changes his professional life. He makes outrageous purchases, such as the spaniel that should arrive in a matter of weeks, and the Wrangler that he wants to have for road trips with Puppy...