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...transport, and probably the chemical industry as well. Yet these measures everyone would have expected, from the Party's previous record. The Socialists have also had to make some new promises. Among them is a rather radical proposal on housing. The Conservative's policy of allowing private individuals to construct their own homes, instead of waiting their turn for publicly built ones, has succeeded moderately well. In order to outdo the Tories, Labourites have promised to urge that all houses rented for profit by individuals be purchased by local municipal authorities. The result would be equalized rents. They have also...
...Matthew's money was not used to construct the building which bears his name, however. A public lottery ordered by the General Court of Massachusetts served that purpose. Such petty gambling was very much in vogue in the 1800's, and the Holworthy lottery was so popular that all tickets were sold weeks in advance of the drawing. The public produced the impressive sum of $29,000 for their chances; slightly over $24,000 found its way into the construction of Holworthy...
...University were 600 times smaller, or if Widener Library were 600 times larger, Thomas B. Pitman '14 would have had nothing to do in 1936. But circumstances favored Pitman: Harvard then commissioned him to construct the world's smallest university. For the modest sum of $40,000, he did indeed build it a perfect reproduction of its financier now on permanent display on the main floor of Widener...
...construct these models, Rupert B. Lillie '35 first deived into the archives of the State Houses, Country Courthouse and City Hall to complete plans for the buildings. Occasionally, he had to rely on wills which described parts of houses "the northeast living room to may son Harvey the two bedrooms in the West wing to my daughter Mary...
...Department will also construct a plain concrete blockhouse, which will serve as a storage house for the main plant...