Hundreds of abandoned vehicles on the roads, left behind by motorists during the height of the storm, continued to slow the work of plow crews.

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Then, the Obama Administration decided to scrap those years of work and plow under those mountains of money for a bright new idea: develop a single national system, run out of Washington.

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In David Mamet's satirical play "Speed-the-Plow, " a couple of Hollywood executive types discuss the nature of their work.

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