Word: rush
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like other workers, TIME staffers constantly seek small victories in their everyday travel. TIME Washington Correspondent Gisela Bolte, who reported much of this week's story, avoids the capital's rush hours when commuting by auto from suburban McLean, Va. Says she: "I go in late and come home late." Associate Editor Stephen Koepp, the story's writer, usually sets his alarm clock for 5:15 a.m. on days when he must fly, so that he can arrive at one of New York City's airports in time for flights that depart by 7 a.m., before runways clog. That strategy...
...transform its highways and flyways into snarled barriers to progress. After returning from their summer jaunts, many travelers are looking back in anger at odysseys through potholed streets, jam-packed freeways, bottlenecked bridges and overstuffed airports. Now they face another season of grinding commutes: in many U.S. cities, the rush hour has grown into a hellish crush that lasts virtually from sunup till sundown. For U.S. businesses, the meter is running. Companies are losing money as employees fritter away their hours in a transportation standstill. Messengers fail to deliver important documents on time. Sales representatives miss their plane connections...
...Anaheim, Calif., for the Baltimore Orioles when he accepted Detroit's offer late Wednesday afternoon. But to qualify for the playoffs under league rules, he had to join the team, then in Chicago, by midnight. The Tigers chartered a jet for Lynn at Ontario (Calif.) International Airport, but rush-hour congestion reportedly stretched his 35-minute drive to an hour and 15 minutes. That proved a costly delay: Lynn's plane did not reach Chicago airspace until...
...mores to learn, the fraternity and sorority system seems to offer safe haven: about 62% of all freshmen pledge. While some fraternities are still centers of Animal House-style saturnalias, many others have been forced by the new laws to clean up their activities. A number have instituted "dry rush" at parties, eliminating the heavy alcohol factor. Even the theme parties that once had such titles as "Beer with the Bros" have changed. Now fraternities sponsor barbecues, volleyball tournaments and even "Tradition Nights," at which alumni speak to the chapter about career opportunities...
...result of decades of neglect by city leaders who skimped on maintenance. Last April, after inspectors reported severe corrosion in key support beams and cracks in deck surfaces, the city temporarily closed the bridge. Result: bridgelock. As New Yorkers jammed other bridges and tunnels, the city's commuter rush expanded by half an hour every morning and evening. The Williamsburg was reopened in August after a quick $10 million patch up, but the relief is temporary. Starting next summer, the city will undertake a seven-year, $400 million project to rebuild the structure's decks, support beams, cables and access...