Word: constructed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that, one can gladly put up with the obscurities of his political work. It is Kitaj's drawing that convinces one of the integrity of his search. Perhaps it is not given to any single painter to do what he is trying to do-to construct a narrative, ironic and didactic art that can stand clear of stories, jokes and propaganda. But one must respect the man for trying...
Congratulating the department on its "beautiful new labs," Rosovsky called the decision to construct the new building "a strong vote of confidence in Harvard biochemistry." But the dean also stressed that science professors should be aware of "the primacy of University obligations"-an apparent allusion to new guidelines governing disclosure of professors' outside activities, approved this week by the Faculty Council, which Rosovsky chairs...
That lesson has prevented Harvard from proposing for Mt. Auburn St. another Holyoke Center, a building that residents consider far too tall and massive to co-exist peacefully with the rest of the Square. For the past five years, neighbors have fought developers who sought to construct a Holiday Inn and a high-rise apartment building on the edge of the Square...
...approached the Essex Co., an old-line New England firm that had initially built and continued to own the dam, with a proposal to build a hydroelectric plant there. Company stockholders were receptive because the dam faced financial troubles. The Department of the Interior had ordered the company to construct a $1.5 million fish ladder to help the Merrimack River's growing schools of Atlantic salmon move upstream to spawn. The company stockholders agreed to sell out to the investment group, which later formed a partnership with E G & G, a Wellesley, Mass., energy-equipment company (1980 sales...
...wait very long between fire-breathing sequences; Robbins knows what the kids have come to see. With theater-rattling thumps, our dragon stalks his turf, and like a B-52 with scales, swoops over hapless victims, booming displeasure with the human race. Great care has been taken to construct a plausible lair for the villain, a spooky underground grotto containing an Olympic-sized pool complete with burning water and oozing ceiling. The little baby dragons, who display a revolting appetite for freshly killed princess and give Galen some initial resistance, may provoke more than a few people to go home...