Word: parked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...impasse was due partly to Kirk's own vacillation in handling the student protests, he had plenty of provocation to call in the police. For one thing, the strike had expanded well beyond its initial aims getting the university to cancel plans for a gymnasium in nearby Morningside Park and drop its affiliation with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a Govern ment-supported research center...
...Daily Sketch, "like a motorized greenhouse without the tomatoes." But never mind. The Cubicar, an almost perfectly cubic car manufactured by Britain's Universal Power Drives Ltd., could well become the commuter car of the future. In the age of the traffic jam, when both road space and parking space are at a premium, the 6-ft.-4-in.-long Cubicar is a fascinating concept. With a top speed of 55 m.p.h., it gets about 24 miles to the gallon. It can seat five adults in comfort. And it can park, headon, where even a Volkswagen would fear...
...time is running out. In December, a new dam across the nearby Snake River will begin creating an artificial lake that will eventually flood the site. Although digging for Marmes man has already cost more than $100,000 in grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Park Service, the scientists have asked for another $70,000 to continue their digging until the waters rise...
They will probably get it, says Magnuson, who makes no bones about supporting archaeology and sponsored a bill that became law in 1960 requiring the National Park Service to explore any archaeological sites threatened by dam building. The Senator can speak with some confidence. He is chairman of the Senate subcommittee that controls appropriations for the National Science Foundation...
...Springfield .30 calibre rifle of World War I and the semiautomatic M-1 with which Springfield Master Gunsmith John C. Garand revolutionized infantry firepower in World War II. There was no reason for panic; Springfield no sooner ceased to be Government property than it was transformed into an industrial park and school campus that should keep the city's economy flourishing. More significantly, while phased-out military facilities in other cities are still languishing, waiting for someone to do something about them, Springfield's transformation was accomplished almost wholly by the initiative and careful planning of local businessmen...