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Bowie started inching his way through with the car, even though some demonstrators were lying on the pavement in front of him. Cox ran over and conviced Bowie that driving away would be difficult...
...executive director of the Glass Container Manufacturers Institute, called attention to an experimental product called "glasphalt." Developed at the University of Missouri, it uses finely ground glass granules to replace the rock aggregates now used as a construction material for highways. One 58-foot-long test strip of glasphalt pavement, outside the Owens-Illinois Technical Center in Toledo, has held up well during the worst winter in years; engineers reported virtually no cracking, rippling or holes in the surface and gave it a top rating for skid resistance...
Liquid Latex Pavement. At Texas A. & M., Research Engineer Douglas Bynum, 35, is testing his theory that the rubber in discarded tires might give asphalt added flexibility and more resistance to cracking. Working in the university's Transportation Institute, Bynum prepared samples of asphalt combined with ground-up rubber obtained from old tires. Test results showed that the powdered rubber-used as a binding material-increases asphalt's overall cohesiveness so that it does not split when roadbeds shift slightly or sink. Bynum's findings seem to be a natural outgrowth of experiments by the rubber industry...
...world full of hazards and natural enemies, games of daring entice the would-be hero. The authors exemplify this notion with "last across," "in which, to the consternation of motorists, children line up on a pavement, wait until the leader has selected a particular car or lorry, and then 'when it gets rather close you all run across the road and the one who gets nearest to the front bumper wins.' " Ask the Opies: "Is it just devilment that prompts the sport, or may it be some impulse of protest in the tribe?" The glory a boy sees...
...with the pavement-search...