Word: construction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nearly two years after the University announced plans to tear down 8 and 10 Mt. Auburn St. in order to construct more housing for Harvard affiliates, construction on a modified version of the project has finally begun...
Workers from the Columbia Construction company of North Reading began digging the foundation for a four-story building at 8 Mt. Auburn St. last month. The University had originally planned to construct a new building at 10 Mt. Auburn St. as well, but after community activists protested, Harvard elected to renovate the three-story Queen Anne-style building instead...
...American dairy farmers, U.S. agricultural policy makes no sense these days. At a time when the Government is paying farmers about $2 billion a year to buy up surplus milk, Masstock International, an Irish dairy company, is receiving a federal tax break to construct a large dairy plant in Macon County, Georgia. Most of the funding for this project will come from $4.5 million in municipal bonds, which are exempt from federal taxes. The bonds were issued by Macon County officials, who hope to create new jobs in their area...
...were particularly irritated by the repeated references to the physical qualities of the production. Obviously, a benefit production does not have the financial resources to construct elaborate sets and costumes. In this context it seems more appropriate to focus on the spirit with which "Charlie Brown" was conceived and performed...
...unity government has also succeeded in placing the parties with the most votes in the position with the most power. In the past the single party winning the most votes had to construct a coalition to form a majority among the parliament's 120 seats, with coalition-builders bending over backwards to appease the inflated demands of small party power brokers. One third of Israeli voters, those who chose the second largest party, were left in ineffectual opposition to the narrow coalition...