Word: vehicular
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...enhancing the "shopping experience" for Harvard Square pedestrians, the proposed split-level walkway would stretch from the Yard to Mt. Auburn St., weaving in and around the buildings of the Square in such a way that "a whole new level of activity is created, undivided by streams of vehicular traffic," as described by the TAC proposal...
...fondest dreams of General Francisco Franco is to reclaim Gibraltar for Spain, and in pursuit of that aim he has gone to considerable lengths in recent years. In order to convince Britain that it ought to abandon its claim to the Rock, Spain has choked off vehicular border traffic, forbidden overflights of Spanish territory by British military aircraft, and even secured a United Nations General Assembly judgment condemning Gibraltar's "colonial situation." Last week, in reaction to the proclamation of a new constitution for the self-governing colony, Spain struck the harshest blow yet: it closed the border completely...
...between the Crimson and the YALE DAILY NEWS, Which like all such contests, resulted in an overwhelming win for the journalists from Cambridge. The CRIMSON'S Bennett Beach and Jim Fallows both finished within 3 1/2 hours, while the Yalies were never fortunate enough to see the Prudential without vehicular assistance...
...Maoists could hardly afford to leave Wuhan in the hands of their enemies. The fifth largest city in China, Wuhan (pop. 2,800,000) is really three cities-Hankow, Wuchang and Hanyang-and is the Chicago of China-the transportation hub of the vast country. Its great double-decked vehicular and railroad bridge is the only span across the 3,100-mile length of the Yangtze between Nanking near the coast and Chungking in the western mountains. It is also one of Communist China's key industrial centers, pouring a quarter of the country's steel and producing...
...mixing place in yet another sense. Not only will the large central plaza, planned to descend in terraces to boat landings at the river's edge, include shops, a restaurant and theater; it will also be tied to Manhattan by an overhead pedestrian bridge and two vehicular underpasses beneath the F.D.R. Memorial Drive. A parking area for 740 cars will be provided on a second level under the plaza. "We want to make the area a 24-hour sort of place," says Brody, who expects that the plaza will become a rendezvous for people from adjacent housing projects...