Word: buildings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...vowed to fight political corruption. That could be a real challenge. Among the Kenyans who prospered mightily during Mzee's regime were members of his extensive family. Kenyatta's widow Mama Ngina, among others, amassed impressive landholdings. The father of the House sees no contradiction. "We shall build Kenya" he said, "into a single monument to the everlasting memory of our father of the nation in the living spirit he himself taught...
...behind the counter are apt to be woefully ignorant of the objets d'art they are selling. In Wusih, a customer reasonably well versed in Chinese asks a salesgirl the exact meaning of the calligraphy on a 200-year-old wall scroll. Her hesitant reply: "Aim high to build our country," which is purest Mao. The scroll actually reproduces a philosophical poem by the Ch'ing dynasty's Tsu Shao-tseng...
Trouble is, Social Security does not add to the nation's savings, which might be lent out to build factories, expand old plants, allow new businesses to start and create wealth...
They said it couldn't be done. That was back in August 1976, when Harvard's proposal to build a special containment laboratory for recombinant DNA research sparked intense protest from the Cambridge City Council, among others. An acrimonious debate followed on the safety of such gene-splicing research and the propriety of building the lab within the rundown, insect-infested Biological Laboratories...
...teams present different challenges. At Harvard I look at it as something to build. I think there could be a great future for Harvard women's lacrosse. Look what Bob Scalise has done with the men," she says...