Word: pavements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...almost every statistical measure, the quality of the nation's highways has improved somewhat. That is particularly true of the Interstate system, which carries 20% of the nation's traffic on only 1% of its road mileage. According to Federal Highway Administration figures, while only 30% of the pavement on urban Interstates was in good or very good condition in 1982, that figure had risen to 35% in 1985. "The rate of deterioration has been halted," says Joseph Rhodes, special assistant to the FHA administrator. "These conditions didn't arise overnight and they won't be corrected overnight...
...were on our way home from Montreal after a weekend of bilingual debauchery when the muffler--possibly out of mechanical outrage at my amateur outrage at my amateur treatment of the clutch--slammed onto the pavement, leaving the car sounding somewhat like a Cuisinart trying to eat gravel: "Rrrr--KKKKK--ponkataponkata--WhaP...
This time, a remote-controlled bomb concealed in a blue Peugeot was detonated as Chamoun's motorcade passed through an East Beirut suburb en route to a meeting of Christian power brokers. The explosion sent his bulletproof + car flying more than 50 ft. across the pavement. Miraculously, the car landed on its wheels, and Chamoun escaped with only cuts and scratches. "God is protecting us," he concluded. Others were not so lucky. The explosion took the lives of a pedestrian and three of Chamoun's bodyguards, who were traveling in a separate car, and injured 35 others...
Under the modified plan, the pump will be restored to its origianl working condition, its surrounding bluestone pavement will be refurbished, and a red oak tree will be planted nearby. Plans for the brick garden were scrapped...
...that are part of the government's deregulation program. Noodles, rice, toilet paper and matches are said to be out of stock in many stores. Declared a Peking intellectual: "The ordinary masses might not be able to relate to calls for democracy, but they sure would take to the pavement if the issue turns to price increases...