A few things that went into the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge: 13,000 tons of steel; 75,000 gallons of paint; more than 100,000 tons of concrete; about $27 million; and an enormous amount of politcal clout. A few of the results: 38,000 cars per day, endless political controversy, and nearly 100 suicides.
Thursday, January 28
Thursday, January 21
In a bathroom near the UCSD visual arts department’s main office is a scrawl of the type that has become a familiar sight on the walls of public restrooms from California to New York. Executed …
Imperial Beach. A bonanza: twelve lots remain here, though their prices are escalating rapidly. An upland, California, couple owns two 30x100-foot lots assessed at $90,000 each. A comparable improved lot next door sold in August of 1979 for $486,000
Thursday, January 14
Every five or six minutes someone walks through Bob Smith's door on Fifth Avenue. Whether they're entering or exiting, they are most likely carrying gold, most likely a very small amount of it as they …
Thursday, January 7
Ludwig Von Mises. the late Austrian economist and defender of untrammeled capitalism, refused to debate his theories publicly. He was convinced it isn’t possible to explain the free market’s subtle workings in a few minutes; …
The sea-launched cruise missile is designed to be fired from submarine torpedo tubes or from armored box launchers on surface ships such as the soon-to-be recommissioned battleship New Jersey.