Word: brickes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...public admission that he intended to evade his financial responsibilities has left him wide open for legal proceedings in Britain. At the same time, Labor associates from his Walsall North constituency called for his resignation from Parliament. Yet, even as he returned last week to his red brick, barbed-wire detention center to await a decision on his request to stay in Australia, he managed a composure and self-assurance that friends recognized as vintage Stonehouse: "It's not up to the standards of Conrad Hilton," he quipped. "But it's improving...
...Brick Fortress. Some of the problem lies with inadequate funding. Basic supplies like pencils and paper are often unavailable. The teachers, in fact, often spend their own money for materials. But a part of the difficulty rests with the administration, which puts heavy emphasis upon business and secretarial courses at the expense of college preparation. Teachers have trouble getting permission to take classes on field trips and other broadening experiences. White-haired, avuncular Guidance Counselor Joe Crowley-who describes South Boston High as "fun, really fun"-is supposed to see each student three times a year. But Crowley also...
South Boston High's physical plant further hampers learning. A four-story brick fortress built on a hilltop in 1901, the school offers a magnificent view of Boston Harbor. But the library is only slightly larger than an ordinary classroom (and holds only about 4,500 volumes); the gym is large enough for just one basketball court-with five feet to spare; laboratories are generally ill-equipped...
Viking. $27.50. As the wreckers' ball -that pendulum that does not keep time-continues to obliterate America's brick and concrete heritage, bridges may have to support the added burden of Unking the present to the past. In all their various lengths and styles, these vastly expensive monuments to man's ingenuity and perseverance combine the most basic usefulness with a beauty that commuters have long since taken for granted. Photographer David Plowden provides the pictures and historical text that should restore the balance of awe and respect due these structures...
...that we're completely dull, mind you. See that brick house yonder off the village green? That belonged...