Word: suburban
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...severe summer thunderstorm had just swept across the green suburban hills of northern Westchester in the vicinity of the Indian Point No. 3 nuclear power plant overlooking the Hudson River. At 8:37 p.m., according to Con Ed's preliminary analysis, flashes of lightning knocked out two 345-kilovolt lines. That immediately cut off all the electricity from the 900-megawatt Indian Point facility, and the nuclear plant was promptly and safely shut down. Then, while duty officers at Con Ed's main control center in Manhattan-a huge, display-filled room somewhat like Mission Control in Houston...
...poignant cry of the violated heart. And though Britain's Alan Ayckbourn does not rank with these playwrights, he, too, has his ambient obsession. Again and again (Absurd Person Singular, The Norman Conquests and now Absent Friends) he dwells on the crimping horizons and absurdist conventional fritter of suburban life...
...landings and takeoffs daily. Thirteen runways, 26 scheduled airlines. Delays of 30 min. or more: 9,318. Accessibility: fair. Allow 25 to 50 min. for 20-mile ride downtown by car or cab ($12). Buses ($3.50) go downtown every 15 min. (daytime), sporadically at night. Buses also serve suburban areas every one or two hours (daytime). Eight commuter airlines, charter helicopter service to Midway Airport and Meigs Field. Parking: easy. New close-in facility with 9,200 spaces. Flow Through: smooth. Sidewalk checkin. Insufficient baggage carts. Three terminals linked by five underground pedestrian tunnels (two longest have 255-ft. moving...
...Sisters. On the basis of the only two half-hour episodes that have been produced, it is difficult to see new cause for outrage in Soap-though certainly no harder than finding evidence of sophisticated adult farce. The plot revolves around two middle-aged sisters and their families in suburban Round Hill, Conn. Mary Campbell (Cathryn Damon) struggles to stay afloat in the middle class. Her husband (Richard Mulligan) is impotent; her younger son would like to be her daughter. "He's sick!" rages the husband. "So am I," says Mary. "He looks better in that dress than...
...Line trains that will shoot you down under Mass Ave are the top of Boston's subway fleet. The Red Line has the plushy-cushioned seats, and it has the milk run through the city from the local (elitist) seat of higher learning to the local pseudo-quaint suburban town of Quincy Center. The Red Line is good for long, dark rushes under the streets, but is also boring. Its best feature is on board--the spectrum of people riding between the Square and Boston. But beyond Washington station the passengers get boringly respectable and well-dressed...