Word: looping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...August permanently scrapped plans for its big Bailly plant. The esti-'"mated cost of the facility had multiplied almost ten times, from $ 187 million when first proposed in 1970 to $1.8 billion, but the big objection was the site. The installation is 30 miles from Chicago's Loop and 6½ miles from Gary, Ind., closer to major population centers than anyone now thinks wise...
...hill, a turn, a rise, a dip, none of which looked terribly menacing. But as the line snaked its way around a plaster mountain placed there for atmospheric effect, "The Demon's" devilish aspects revealed themselves. I had seen the tame initial drop; I had not seen the loop that towered over the fake mountain. My first inclination was to leave the line, but embarrassment is a powerful force. I stayed put. A few minutes later I saw the next terror: another loop, this one even higher than the first; then there were two corkscrew loops and, as the finale...
...restrain the free-spending school system, she appointed one of the best boards of education in Chicago history. She is undertaking redevelopment of the North Loop business district and the busy but shabby international terminal at O'Hare Airport...
There are several bright moments in James Bundr's production of The Hostage, some flashes of terrific talent and intelligence. Yet the production's general tone is muddled, its overall effect anesthetizing. Perhaps, Behan's mixture of music hall exuberance and potent anti-war commentary threw Bundy for a loop. An odd sense of uncertainly pervades many scenes, making for an intriguing but unsatisfying evening of theater...
...must have been a belt loop I missed, or maybe the lawyers were from Yale. But in any case, when a friend mentioned that his dad, the assistant manager at Super-Saver Drugs, was looking for help. I realized I was all too interested...