Word: constructively
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though the audience never leaves the shop, the characters construct an external reality with sightings of police cars, references to poker partners and Bobby's frequent trips to the diner--frequent because he can't ever seem to get Donny's order straight...
...Barr and Barr] has been working with us as well as the architect to make sure that if we design it this way, we can construct it how we want at the price we want," she said. "They made a number of good suggestions--not only how to design the project to maximize living space, but also to make sure to address maintenance issues...
...spider silk anyway," laughs zoologist John Gosline of the University of British Columbia. Reason: when wet, spider silk contracts 50%, a property that, in a necktie at least, might prove decidedly unpleasant on damp days. Armed with the tools of molecular biology, however, scientists can learn how spiders construct their silk and then apply those lessons to the design of other fibers. "After all," says Gosline, "we do not aim to copy nature directly, but to adapt her designs and processes to our own purposes...
Today marks the first day of junior parents weekend. A committee of juniors from each of the houses has been meeting on a weekly basis since October to construct a stimulating program for parents. We discussed, we debated, and drawing on the breadth of experience and background of our members, we finally arrived at the printed program of events...
...city's negotiating committee agreed to sell Amherst street to MIT and lease Hayward, Carleton and Vassar Streets to the school. In return, MIT would construct a facility for the shelter, currently in temporary quarters, and lease it to the Cambridge and Somerville Program for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Rehabilitation for 40 years, Councillor Jonathan S. Myers said Monday...