When they heard a rumor (false, it turned out) that a glut of cars had shut down the New York State Thruway, the 20-year-old sweethearts could no longer resist.

当时还有传言说，大量的汽车把纽约州直达高速公路都塞满了，当然这个消息后来证明是假的。 听到这里，这对二十岁的恋人再也抵挡不住如此的诱惑了。

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The New York State Thruway has been backed up all the way from the George Washington Bridge.

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Utica, 13 miles down the New York State Thruway, is the nearest sizeable city, with about 60, 000 residents.

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Eventually, she rose to senior managing director at Bear Stearns, working in municipal finance and helping the Denver International Airport, the New York State Thruway Authority and other public entities to sell tax-exempt bonds.

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The shootings shattered the peace and rattled the nerves of Mohawk and Herkimer, two small villages about 170 miles northwest of New York City, separated from each other by the Mohawk River and the New York State Thruway.

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