Word: westerner
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...fast place, many cars use the Autobahn at the same time. This is a very rare state of affairs in Montana and many other Western states. Except during hunting season, it's unusual to see more than two cars at anytime, and that's assuming an 18 mile visibility. Collisions with other cars aren't quite the threat they are on the Autobahn...
...also under the impression that the Autobahn curves every 50 miles or so. Again, this is not true for many Western roads. This makes high speeds a lot safer than they sound at first. Yes, people are driving 80 mph. But they are driving 80 mph on roads that are straight and empty. A speed limit of 65 is outrageously slow under these conditions...
Lastly, despite what the 'safety' groups say, the no-limit policy is a lot better than what existed when the limit was in place. The reason has to do with the quirks of Western legislatures. Montana lawmakers, a good portion of whom drove hundreds of miles to the capitol for the legislative sessions, were hardly big advocates of the federal government telling them how fast they could go. Congress anticipated this reaction and tied federal money for highways to federal speed limits. There was no way a state as small in population and as large in size as Montana could...
...amidst charges from parliament of being too soft toward the West, Primakov is expected to turn the focus of Russia's foreign policy toward the Middle East and the former Soviet republics. "It's clear that Yeltsin wanted to find a successor who would not appear to be pro-Western," says Moscow bureau chief John Kohan. "Since Zhirinovsky and his supporters have put the nationalist agenda on the map, Yeltsin has made a real effort to look like a Russian patriot. He wants to position himself more toward the center, while not completely embracing the nationalist agenda." A longtime Communist...
...once, it was actually as bad as they promised. What began Sunday amid forecasters' dire warnings quickly overwhelmed the country from the Atlantic coast to western Kentucky, killing 86 people, piling drifts as high as 20 feet at New York airports and icing highways in an ill-prepared Atlanta. The ride is not quite over. An aftershock of sorts dusted Washington with more snow Tuesday as a weaker storm headed for New England. And by Friday, another large storm will form along the southern coast that is expected to provide a memorable echo of Sunday's deluge. "One computer model...