Word: ramping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this unnecessary. First came the carhop, with a four-course meal at the rolling down of a window, and the motel, followed by the drive-in movie and the curbside teller's cage. Last month Macy's announced plans for a department store flanked by a spiral ramp to enable customers to park within a few yards of the counter they want to visit (TIME, April 10). And last week San Francisco saw the opening of a $29 million, 1,200-room hotel where the guest can register behind the wheel and drive to his room...
...University could create spaces for hundreds of cars by converting the Carpenter Visual Arts Center into a garage. No alteration of the Center would be necessary. On the ground level cars would enter and leave by the Prescott Street entrance, and the ramp would provide access to the second level...
...result is a circular building flanked by two spiral ramps. Customer? drive up a ramp, peel off at the level hey choose. There are two parking levels for each selling floor, and the customer parks diagonally on the outside or inner rim. Eliminated is the long walk from the distant parking...
Whenever President Johnson strides down the ramp from his presidential jet, not far behind trots Jack Valenti, 42, a banty Texas Italian who seems to have Greasy Kid Stuff all over his hair...
...Western Union employee testified that he stamped Ruby's receipt with his electric clocker at 11:17 a.m. Ruby seemed neither upset nor in a hurry, exchanged pleasantries and departed. According to police measurements, Ruby walked 339 ft. 6 in. down the street to the underground garage ramp of police headquarters, and at precisely 11:21 a.m. he stepped out of a crowd of newsmen, shoved a snub-nosed .38-cal. revolver at Oswald and pulled the trigger...