Word: transition
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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India considers itself the guardian of Nepal, serving as supplier of or conduit for most of Nepal's commodities in exchange for its loyalty. Now the tiny nation with a harsh if spectacular terrain has offended its big neighbor, and India has not only refused to renew trade and transit agreements that expired last month but closed down eleven of 22 vital transit routes. Most of Nepal's necessities, including petroleum products and hospital oxygen, normally traverse these roads. Though New Delhi is permitting goods to cross the border, shortages are forcing the government to impose strict limits...
Walsh's proposal initially suggested withholding the city's payment of more than $5.8 million to the state for the Cherry Sheet Assessments--which include payments for the Massacusetts Bay Transit Authority, air pollution control and county taxes--until the state pays the money it owes the hospital...
...Ferraris for car pools and their fuel-injected Chevy V-8s for electric roadsters? That remains to be seen. "We're for cleaner air, for damn sure," says Robert Harnar, a public relations executive at Ford. "But the old adage is that people in L.A. want buses and mass transit so all these other guys will get off the freeway...
...Normally you would expect a new transit line to reduce traffic," said Stephen H. Kaiser, an independent traffic engineer who has opposed the project. "But this would increase traffic because it serves as a stimulation for development...
...Gomez-Ibarez, an expert in light-rail transit, said the new line would probably not ease the city's traffic problems...