Word: constructively
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...House," suspended him for 15 months. Delighted by his victory, Garcia used the occasion to push through a toothless anti-graft bill. But there were others who questioned Garcia's good intentions. Said loyal Nacionalista Arturo Modesto Tolentino: "When relatives of a President are able to construct mansions overnight after that President comes to power, can we prevent suspicion on the part of the people that such sudden opulence has been acquired through that President? The effect is the weakening of public faith in that President himself, and nobody can take him seriously when he preaches against graft...
...Ford Foundation's contribution will finance a team of Indian and foreign farm experts to take charge of the program, build teaching centers to train hundreds of additional agricultural specialists, and construct a network of seed-treatment and soil-testing stations. The government will expand local storage facilities, distribute fertilizer, insecticide and seed for sale to peasants, and create a farm-credit system to help farmers finance their own improvements. The scheme will operate along lines of U.S. soil-conservation projects; farmers who agree to improvement plans will get a package deal of soil testing, fertilization and planting that...
...been audacious in research, now spends more than 5% of Pechiney's gross on research, higher than other European companies. The company has done so well that it sells many of its processes abroad to Alcoa and other U.S. firms, has sent engineers to five continents to help construct aluminum and chemical plants. Raoul de Vitry has led Pechiney back into chemicals in force; the firm has built up a whole new range of products-plastics, fertilizers, petrochemicals, synthetic fibers. Last year it raised its exports 50%, to 33% of total sales...
...tear it down to build a $12.5 million, 900-room, 600-car-garage addition to his Taft Hotel, making it one of the largest hotels (2,500 rooms) in New York. Zeckendorf, who, like other large realty operators, has had trouble rounding up all the financing needed to construct his 2,000-room Zeckendorf Hotel, is still negotiating the financing for his newest project.- But he argues that it is a sound risk because the Taft's annual occupancy rate is 95% of capacity. He is confident its parking facilities will attract tourists who would normally stay at motels...
...counter the argument, Reynolds noted that the University would construct taxable facilities on the yards, in addition to the tax-exempt Houses...