1.   Common sense would suggest the economy of this historic town would be as buried and lifeless as the empty tunnels of the ill-fated superconducting super collider.

2.   First Congress kills our own bird nest on the ground by pulling the plug on the multibillion dollar superconducting super collider.

3.   Funding was cut, with many opponents calling the superconducting super collider a boondoggle.

4.   The best instrument to pursue this research, a huge particle smasher known as the superconducting super collider, suffered an early death.

5.   The tunnel is the one that was to become the superconducting super collider but was never finished because Congress cut its funding.