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Tom Lewis
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Quotes by Tom Lewis
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In the nineteenth century, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux proposed a series of roadways through New York City, to which they gave a name of their own devising, “parkways.” Two of their projects, the Eastern and Ocean parkways, survive today.
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About thirty truckers in Brighton, Colorado, refused to move their rigs in protest of the high cost of diesel fuel, fuel shortages, and the fifty-five-mile-per-hour speed limit. Other drivers followed suit in Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, Nebraska, Connecticut, and Delaware. In New Jersey, the governor had to call on the National Guard to remove blockading trucks. The truckers complained that higher fuel prices and lower speed limits were threatening their profits.
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I could never do my training without the support of my wife. And then there's the rest of the team and my uncle. This race is meaningful for me on a lot of different levels.
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I wanted to be ahead after the bikes and I wanted to be the first one in the water, ... I try to get in the water and never see them again. I finished first and I think I had my boat in the water before anyone. Greg said he tipped over and then I was gone.
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It was real nice to win to get us back on the right track. The word of the week was redemption.
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