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Word: overpassed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Coop employees and customers blocked the overpass from the book department to the main store, hoping to see Bacall as she walked to her car. As she drove away, a group of workmen on a scaffolding overlooking the alley shouted, "Lauren, Lauren...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Lauren Bacall Enchants Crowd While Promoting Book at Coop | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

Throat cutting has become the ritual form of execution, and each side has settled on a favorite dumping ground for victims. In the Moslem zone of Beirut, for instance, one busy repository is a murky space beneath a highway overpass. Its counterpart on the Christian side is a bridge 150 ft. above the Dog River on the road from Beirut to the renowned Casino du Liban. Bodies are simply tossed from the rail of the bridge, which has become a family sightseeing attraction. Cars double-park while occupants ogle the bodies far below without being bothered by the stench...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Battle Notes: Land of the $25 Kill | 7/26/1976 | See Source »

...river in Allston for its high rents and consequently low availability to students. And, of course, Harvard's most outspoken community critic, Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, who has repeatedly expressed his antagonism towards Harvard, now wants to build a track in the shape of a sausage on the overpass between the Yard and the Science Center...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Harvard takes on the world | 6/17/1976 | See Source »

...Cambridge City Council last night voted to press the city's claim to the use of the overpass connecting the Yard with the Science Center and Oxford...

Author: By Henry Griggs, | Title: City Votes to Make Overpass a Park | 5/11/1976 | See Source »

Vellucci said he hopes that "when we sit down with Harvard with the news about the overpass, maybe they'll see some way to work toward the benefit of the people in this city for once...

Author: By Henry Griggs, | Title: City Votes to Make Overpass a Park | 5/11/1976 | See Source »

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