Word: cements
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only two things can alter it. One is the American value system, which is causing the Old World family structure to crumble and is weakening some of the once-powerful crime dynasties. According to Historian Humbert Nelli, the Mafiosi's respect for authority-a trait that used to cement loyalties-is decaying. For this reason, more and more Mafiosi are deciding to go straight. In one Mafia family that Ianni studied, only four out of 27 fourth-generation Italian-Americans are connected with organized crime. Of the remaining 23, one is a university professor, and all the rest...
...defect is not in G.E.'s basic design, but in one of the pacemaker's parts. A subcontractor for one of the unit's circuits changed the cement used in its manufacture, unwittingly choosing one that can transmit electric current. This supplies more power from the built-in battery than is needed and affects the governor on the mechanism...
...decided to help them by turning Libya into an instant industrial state. So far, he has decreed that 40 new industries must be launched, ranging from clothing and pharmaceuticals to steel tubing and petrochemicals. To the delight of European suppliers, Libya has ordered $180 million worth of cement, shoe and glass factories from West Germany, a $50 million power plant from France, and other major equipment from Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. Gaddafi is unimpressed by evidence that the highly automated plants will provide fewer than 5,000 new jobs-the most exacting of which will undoubtedly have to be filled...
...miles of multilane highways. Nearly all of the $47 billion cost has been paid from the Highway Trust Fund, which lives off the 4?-a-gallon federal gasoline tax. The highway program has created much convenience for drivers, countless jobs for workers-and untold profits for auto, oil, tire, cement, construction, motel and other companies. Lately the program has also earned much criticism...
Construction for the new center uses pre-cast cement columns and wall segments that are shipped in and assembled on the spot. This type of construction distinguishes the Center from construction of most concrete buildings, in which cement is poured on the spot...