Word: overpassing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Witnesses said the Northwest Airlines plane rocked from side to side and plunged to the ground moments after takeoff Sunday night, trailing fire as it skidded beneath an Interstate 94 overpass and broke into dozens of burning pieces on the interstate and Middlebelt Road, which borders Detroit Metropolitan Airport. It was the nation's second-worst air disaster...
...mattress is made of foam, storage is cramped, and the front door is a hinged panel. But there is no charge for rent or utilities, and if the location is less than ideal -- beneath an overpass at the edge of a San Francisco parking lot -- at least the two snug, waterproof plywood structures are nestled among fragrant eucalyptus trees. Just 8 ft. long and 4 ft. wide, these so-called City Sleepers were designed by Architect Donald MacDonald to shelter the homeless men he spotted sleeping on the ground outside his new office. Said MacDonald: "I'm just trying...
Time stands still in Canyoncito for a few precious seconds until Bridey calls down to Vicki, "He's O.K., he's O.K. I see him. He's coming back -- he ran after the train." Enter Sandino, performance star. He comes zooming down from an overpass, jumps a steep embankment, caroms mightily through the creek, stutter-steps around some sage and leaps onto Vicki. Vicki hugs her dog. The train is gone; the land is quiet again...
...350th Divestment Coalition, which protested against Harvard's investments in South African-related corporations during the celebration in early September, had also planned to create a test case on the overpass. But the group was unable to get a city permit to pitch their headquarters tent on the overpass, apparently because it had not yet been established as city property...
Still, even this controversy did not raise the question of the overpass' ownership...