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Considering the large number of upperclassmen owning cars, some plan should be devised whereby more automobiles can be left in the circle without blocking the thoroughfare. The only solution would be widening the roadway enough to permit easy parking on both sides, and cutting down the sharp curve In front of Eliot House. Early action can go a long way toward preventing the annoying congestion that will result if nothing is done before next September...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOUSE PARKING | 2/24/1931 | See Source »

Motorists kill one rabbit for every mile of U. S. roadway in a year. The State Fish & Game Commission of New Jersey last fortnight announced that it had ordered 20,000 Western cottontails to replace unfortunate Eastern cottontails run over by automobiles. The Westerners will be delivered next spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Cottontails | 9/8/1930 | See Source »

From the snowy roadway, darkened in irregular patches by the parked automobiles of townspeople who had turned out to help, McGrath looked toward the wing of the grey stone block next to the warden's office, the wing where the rebels were barricaded. He could charge in all right, get across the yard to the main hall maybe, but no further. They would have the steel doors of the hall closed. He studied it until he thought of a plan, then took Father Cleary aside and talked to him. . . . Automobiles for their escape? The gate open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Again, Auburn | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

MAKE EVERY MILE OF ROADWAY SMILE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Beautify It | 7/1/1929 | See Source »

...finished they failed to connect, some sections by as much as ten feet. Despite the fact that 108 of the Chinese peasants that Sun Yat-sen had lived for committed suicide when their homes were confiscated, the eight contractors condemned more land, tore down more houses to straighten the roadway. One of the new houses condemned for the memorial road belonged to a Nanking university professor. Four times he went to the municipal offices, spent $1.80 on ricksha fares. On the fourth trip he received a warrant for the value of his house - total $1.90. The professor donated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Teakwood Funeral Coach | 6/3/1929 | See Source »

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