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...Brattlewalk with colorful circles on the roadway never quite made it. Neither did the Palmer St. mall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard That Never Was | 10/26/1973 | See Source »

...assault boats suddenly put out a series of bridges, including three at El Qantara in the north-central sector of the canal, three more at Ismailia and another three at Suez on the southern end. Some of the bridges were old-fashioned pontoons lashed together and topped with roadway; others were a modern type put down by Soviet-developed amphibious vehicles that laid ladder-like sections as they chugged across the canal. Soldiers went across in small boats and rafts at points where no bridges existed. The infantry troops were backed up by airplanes, artillery and small waves of paratroopers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: The War of the Day of Judgment | 10/22/1973 | See Source »

Silent Movie. Cars come and go down the roadway-trainers on their errands, exercise boys and jockey agents going from barn to barn, owners arriving to see their horses work out. But the cars move slowly, with scarcely a sound, partly because this is the code of racetrackers, partly because those unfamiliar with the code find their progress slowed by high bumps built into the roads and a succession of signs that read YIELD: HORSE CROSSING...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wow Horse Races into History | 6/11/1973 | See Source »

...present, the only Cambridge ordinance that penalizes hitchhikers is a jaywalking law, which prohibits standing in a roadway to solicit a ride. The current fine is $1 for the first, second, and third offenses, and $2 for the fourth offense in a year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston, Cambridge Councils To Stiffen Hitchhiking Fines | 11/21/1972 | See Source »

...crowd of about 100 demonstrators picketed peacefully until shortly after 3 p.m., when the non-striking workers began to leave for home. Several demonstrators then sat down in the roadway in front of the cars, while others stood in the parking lot's entrance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hospital Pickets Block Traffic; Sit-Down Ends in 17 Arrests | 11/20/1972 | See Source »

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