Word: roading
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gallon gasoline, millions of + Americans belt out those words with relish in filling stations from Honolulu to Hartford. But the cost of that tankful could soon take its biggest leap since the oil-parched 1970s. Reason: a hefty increase in the federal gasoline tax may be coming down the road this year. To an increasing number of politicians and economists, a gas-tax boost would be one of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce the 1990 budget deficit. The idea could quickly gain ground among congressional leaders who are preparing to haggle with the incoming Bush Administration over...
Sometimes athletes must even take midterms on the road--a hotel room serves as a classroom and coaches as procters...
...Long road trips force athletes to study under difficult circumstances. It isn't easy reading Plato on a windy bus ride through the hills of upstate New York...
Presz has an even harder time on the road. Without a computer, he can't do his programming assignments. "It's tough because when you're on the road, that's the time other C.S. majors are doing their work," Presz says...
Some athletes are determined to make the maximum use of their time. For basketball player Ian Smith '91, life on the road is just like life in the library. "On every road trip I go on, I take my books--definitely," says Smith, a pre-med. "I study on the way there, I study before the game, I study after the game and I study on the way back...