Word: work
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Costs are down partly because contractors expanded their equipment to get ready for the Federal Government's enlarged program. But it was cut back in 1959 after the Bureau of Public Road, depleted its funds with heavy spending to combat the 1958 recession. Some contractors needed work to pay for their expensive equipment, and they began making low bids, often at cost, to get the work. They complain bitterly about the price-chopping competition. One large builder says his profits are down 50% since 1957: another says his "are so slim they are almost negligible...
Large quantities of paint in the building caused special problems for the men. Intense heat and toxic fumes made work inside the building difficult. It took nearly two and half hours to get the fire under control. Two firemen, Ralph H. Underwood and Gerald M. Sears, suffered injuries. Underwood had a broken hand while Sears suffered from smoke inhalation...
...most African nations, the personnel problem at the secondary school level is critical, Berg added. The youth corps must try to hit specifically at this problem and should not become a "massive work camp" for idealistic Americans...
Then Bowditch went to work. At 18:15, with the Crimson ahead, 53 to 52, M.I.T. switched to a man-for-man defense. Borchard promptly fed Joe Deering on a modified fast break, and 15 seconds later Bowditch engineered a steal and passed to Deering for the cripple that widened the varsity's margin...
Gunnar Fischer, whose careful attention to photographic composition and perfect focussing has always been an aspect of Bergman's best work, has outdone himself in this film. Most impressive are the atmospheric shots at the film's outset and the ensuing carriage ride through the misty forest, immediately reminiscent of the ride to Elsinore in The Seventh Seal, but richer in texture and detail...