Word: traffic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spilled out of the cities in search of housing. The Giza Plateau, once far from urban sprawl, now lies almost in the shadow of modern apartment buildings. Nearby factories and old vehicles spew forth noxious clouds of particulate-laden exhaust, which becomes corrosive when dissolved by rain. Vibrations from traffic produce cracks in the monuments. More serious still is the damage caused by water. An estimated 80% of Cairo's incoming water supply escapes from leaking pipes into the ground. And the aging sewerage system, built 75 years ago to serve a population of half a million, is choking...
...Oregon lawmaker opposed to the bill is Democrat Tom Mason. "You can't approach medicine merely as the greatest good for the greatest number of people," he says. "If we do that, why should anyone take care of you after a horrendous traffic accident?" A fair question, since it points to the medical reality that what is merely an option for one individual can be a life-or- death matter for another. Still, until the U.S. is ready for the huge fiscal sacrifices that would make complete medical care available to all, some form of rationing -- with rules clearly established...
...largest U.S. carriers controlled 63% of the passenger business. While many supporters of the 1978 legislation hoped it would reduce the concentration of market share among the top carriers, the opposite has happened. Today the five largest airlines -- American, United, Delta, Northwest and Continental -- control 70% of the industry traffic...
...fear that with the scarcity of competing ; carriers at many airports, surviving airlines will not hesitate to roll prices back up. At Danforth's urging, the General Accounting Office is currently comparing changes in airfares over the past five years at 53 airports to determine whether carriers that dominate traffic at certain hubs are jacking up their prices to exorbitant levels...
...Arthur Hochstein (Deputy Art Director); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); Steve Conley, Jennifer Napoli, Billy Powers, Irene Ramp, Ina Saltz, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Assistant Directors); Angel Ackemyer, Stefano Arata, James Elsis, Carol March, Kenneth B. Smith (Designers); Nickolas Kalamaras Layout: John P. Dowd (Traffic); Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Victoria Nightingale, Lisa Sampson, Nomi Silverman, Eugene Tick, Dennis Wheeler Maps and Charts: Paul J. Pugliese (Chief); Cynthia Davis, Joe Lertola, E. Noel McCoy, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells...