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  • But, when Seena hears another horn respond, she realizes this honking has a purpose on this one-lane road: the preservation of life.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • Instead, she sinks into the seat, as best she can, as the trotro returns to the one-lane road and they again play what Seena now understands is the West African version of Russian roulette.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • There are still also places where the so-called information superhighway is limited to a virtual one-lane road.

    Internet Freedom, Social Change: What’s Next? 2011

  • This was a surprising outcome, since the last time the Republicans had played this game, with Newt Gingrich driving them to a collision, the result was that the Republicans were simply crushed, like a compact car trying to play chicken with a truck on a one-lane bridge.

    Robert Zevin: Playing Chicken With the Debt Ceiling Robert Zevin 2011

  • This was a surprising outcome, since the last time the Republicans had played this game, with Newt Gingrich driving them to a collision, the result was that the Republicans were simply crushed, like a compact car trying to play chicken with a truck on a one-lane bridge.

    Robert Zevin: Playing Chicken With the Debt Ceiling Robert Zevin 2011

  • On the afternoon of February 18, 1960, in a blinding snowstorm, I maneuvered my car onto the one-lane road into Squaw Valley, California.

    A Winter’s Tale 2009

  • And no one is interested in one-lane roads anymore; we need freeways.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » California’s Woes and Prop 13 2010

  • On the afternoon of February 18, 1960, in a blinding snowstorm, I maneuvered my car onto the one-lane road into Squaw Valley, California.

    A Winter’s Tale 2009

  • On the afternoon of February 18, 1960, in a blinding snowstorm, I maneuvered my car onto the one-lane road into Squaw Valley, California.

    A Winter’s Tale 2009

  • This was a surprising outcome, since the last time the Republicans had played this game, with Newt Gingrich driving them to a collision, the result was that the Republicans were simply crushed, like a compact car trying to play chicken with a truck on a one-lane bridge.

    Robert Zevin: Playing Chicken With the Debt Ceiling Robert Zevin 2011

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