Word: overpassive
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...year tenure on the City Council, Vellucci has proposed annexing Harvard Yard by eminent domain and paving it over, forcing the University to secede from the city and establishing a community garden on the overpass between the Yard and the Science Center...
Another recent Vellucci project was the creation of a community vegetable garden on the overpass between the Yard and the Science Center. Since it passes over Cambridge Street, he argued, the city owned the overpass by virtue of "air rights." Although Harvard has officially agreed with this position, the lawn and shrubbery have yet to be torn up for rutabagas...
...hours of viciousness ended when he dumped her body on the city's east side and set the body afire to cover his crime. But an off-duty state trooper spotted the blaze, and minutes later Rault, reeking of gasoline, was arrested running from beneath a highway overpass...
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...