Word: cementing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That left 1:56 remaining, enough time for Dartmouth to drive 94 yards in 1:12 for the game's final score, and cement Harvard Coach Joe Restic's belief in the futility of the prevent defense...
...Along the way you pass the Fire Island bridge, a monument in concrete and steel to the relentless vision of a man named Robert Moses. Moses ran for governor of the state in '34 and lost, but he ran the state anyway, with his convoys of cement mixers and cranes. Moses created most of central Long Island in his own image--flat and gray and cement-hard--and he also created a fortune for himself, but he was never able to push his relentless vision out onto the eastern part of the island...
After first appearing on the West Coast, shortages have cropped up throughout the Midwest and are now be deviling construction in the East, partly because West Coast builders have been snapping up supplies. As a result, many projects are stalled, and cement prices are climbing. Some big West Coast suppliers are going as far as Japan and Korea for raw materials. California's big Kaiser Cement and Gypsum Co. plans to import 10% of the materials it needs from Japan this year...
Though unexpectedly strong demand is the main cause of the shortages, cement executives cite a number of other reasons for their woes. California suppliers say they are short of cement partly because of the lengthy West Coast dry spell: instead of having to knock off during the rainy season, builders have been able to work year round...
...pass new pollution regulations have had to close, and capital that would have been used to expand capacity has had to be spent to meet environmental standards. So anxious are construction men about this situation that the National Home Builders Association has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to allow cement makers more time to install antipollution devices and permit the reopening of some plants that have been shut down. But even if the EPA were to agree, some builders may be unable to get the cement they need before the first freeze...