Word: constructed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deal with it. Last week Schlesinger confirmed that the situation was bad -- but maybe not as disastrous as it initially seemed. His recommendation: that the U.S. salvage the first five of the eight floors for routine use, rebuild the top three floors to make them bugproof, and construct a new six-story annex to house the embassy's most sensitive activities...
...soldier who participated in the brutal invasion of Poland which commenced both World War II and Hitler's genocidal program. After the war, he helped his father lie to the Neurenberg tribunal by denying that he knew what was going on at Auschwitz. He helped his father construct a perjurious and unsuccessful defense which included the outrageous claim that even the Jews had no "misgivings against Auschwitz." As recently as 1985, Richard von Weizsacker said, "I really believe that he [my father] did not know about the existence of the gas chambers and systematic man killing...
...essential charge was that Schiavone Construction Co., a Secaucus, N.J., firm in which Donovan served as executive vice president before his Cabinet appointment, had defrauded the New York City Transit Authority of $7.4 million on a contract to construct a subway tunnel. Schiavone was obliged to give 10% of the work to a minority-owned enterprise. The enterprise it chose was Jo-Pel Contracting and Trucking Corp., a firm set up by New York State Senator Joseph Galiber, who is black, and William (Billy the Butcher) Masselli, who has been identified by the FBI as a Mafia soldier. Merola charged...
...brilliant chain reaction. The Wrights were also practical tradesmen who could finance their flying experiments through the cycle company. The cost of building and launching the 1903 Flyer was, according to Orville, less than $1,000, while the U.S. Government spent $50,000 to have Samuel Langley construct a similar aircraft that fell into the Potomac River seconds after takeoff...
...claimed that Hart's companion and her girlfriend were guests of his. Broadhurst promised the newsmen a lengthier interview and an opportunity to talk to the women if the reporters would delay their story. They refused, fearing that the extra time would give the Hart camp a chance to construct a cover story and possibly hold a press conference to try to discredit the Herald's article in advance...