Word: traffice
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Esthetics v. Traffic...
...modern design for the La Canada, Calif., speedway you pictured [April 9] will allow: 1) little children to cross over or under the main traffic artery in safety rather than walk among the cars; 2) local traffic to do likewise; 3) the ever-growing mainstream to flow unimpeded; and, 4) through access control, protect the public's investment by preventing private encroachment. Some people oppose these things...
Petulant Performance. As a reprisal against the proceedings, the Red air circus was a petulant and ineffectual performance. So was its counterpart on the ground, where the Communists tied up traffic for nine days on the autobahns linking West Berlin with West Germany. Civilian and allied military cars were stalled in lines up to 15 miles long, as the Communists pretended to hold military "exercises" in the area. As soon as the Bundestag session was over, the Reds stopped their harassing flights and ended the exercises...
...fact that his European counterpart is worse. The United Nations' Economic Commission for Europe recently reported that there are twice as many fatalities per miles driven in Europe as there are in the U.S. In 1963, 80,000 Europeans were killed on the road; with twice as much traffic, the U.S. had only 43,400 highway deaths. Concluded the commission: "For the most part, these differences can only be explained by better driving by the people who use the roads...
Although they sent home a fortune in furs, the colonists were repaid largely with official indifference and hostility. "It is for traders to traffic where they please," pronounced the Empress Catherine. "I will furnish no men, ships, or money." Not until 1810, nearly 70 years after Russian eyes first beheld America, did a ship from the imperial navy enter New Archangel harbor, and then only with mischief in mind. Its captain, one Vasilii Golovnin, coveted the lucrative colony, which was in the hands of businessmen. In time, the navy pulled its rank and took control. Aleksandr Baranov, resident manager...