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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dallas, Interstate 35 splits into two identically numbered segments, differentiated by a tiny W and E, which run north and south. Lulled by interstate monotony, the unwary sometimes fail to notice the split, and circle the city on the 35s and their various permutations until they give up and opt for Waco. That furnishes the underpinning for the legend of the ghost of I-35. It is said in Western truck stops that once a young couple with a small child (some versions claim twin children) circled Dallas in July until their auto air conditioner failed and they died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Massachusetts: Hard Driving | 7/28/1986 | See Source »

...opt to put YES on hold for the summer and concentrate on adapting Harvard's form of student government, the Undergraduate Council. Since she has had so much experience and the Council is only four years old, she says, "I will try to be a source of direction...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: From All Over The World...Even Staten Island | 7/15/1986 | See Source »

...Boston is Beantown, Cambridge is Booktown. Though some may not opt to wile away summer hours by browsing through bookstores, if you do, you've come to the right place. With more than 25 bookstores within ten blocks, the Square rivals the University's 11-library collection. And with stores as varied as the Square's myriad of restaurants, both sophisticated bookaholics and novices can find something to surprise and please...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Browsing for Books | 6/22/1986 | See Source »

Students can also opt to trace man's development with Psyc S-2290, "Contemporary Adolescence: Theoretical and Clinical Considerations" and Crea S-150, "Children's Literature." The former, taught by Dr. George Goethals, a lecturer on psychology and psychatrist at the Harvard Medical School. He will teach students how to analyze clinical cases. The latter, taught by Harvard lecturer on English Leon Steinmetz, will "explore the world of children's literature, combining theoretical and practical aspects of the genre...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: For Exotic Journey, Take a Funky Class | 6/22/1986 | See Source »

Millions of Americans are expected to opt for domestic travel rather than going abroad. "An awful lot of Americans are staying home. Cape Cod is going to be jammed," Davis said...

Author: By Kenneth A. Gerber, | Title: Experts: Tourists Overreacting to Terrorist Threat | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

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