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Word: overpassing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...present race course is a pretty timid affair, running for about the nine miles along Perini's poorly-built parkway, then over the well known overpass into Wellesley to the finish line in front of the Alumnae Hall. There is one difficult hill on Route 9 which extends about half a mile. Such spectators as can drag themselves out of bed and out to Wellesley by 10:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning should stand on the hill to the left of the Quad to get the best view of the racers, and their attached bicycles...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 4/21/1949 | See Source »

...time to turn to these more dangerous areas. A graceful brick overpass in each trouble spot which not pedestrian would use, or a more expensive underpass which would be no more popular, are two possible solutions. Short of portly policemen behind loudspeakers, the most sensible way to reduce the perils seems to be the installation of two sets of traffic lights or officers, one at the junction of Kirkland and Cambridge Streets and another at the corner in front of Lehman Hall. A shift in location of the Lehman Hall taxi stand, or at least a decrease in its size...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Safety First | 10/20/1948 | See Source »

...unlimited contempt of court sentences by the Sixth Circuit Court if they intimidate, coerce, threaten or interfere with employes or union organizers. Ford will also have to reinstate with back pay the 23 workers who were fired after the beating up of CIOrganizer Frankensteen at Gate No. 4 overpass to the Rouge plant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: 23 Men v. Henry Ford | 2/17/1941 | See Source »

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