Word: craned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...problems, but these, as Gibberd put it, can be solved "if you get a lot of chaps together with some real know-how." Prestressed concrete was used for the 16 radial buttresses, while the roof was prefabricated from huge slabs of concrete hauled into place by the largest tower crane in Europe after a model of the cathedral was tested in a wind tunnel to prove it would withstand the impact of three Boeing 707s...
Defining good scohlarship is the job of the Board of Syndics, one of the Press's three administrative bodies. The 14-man Board includes Press Director Wilson as Chairman; Ernst Mayr, Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology; Simon S. Kuznets, George F. Baker Professor of Economics; Crane Brinton '19, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History; and Konrad E. Bloch, Higgins Professor of Biochemistry. It meets for two hours every month to decide which of the manuscripts that have survived readings by a Press staff member in the field and one or more outside experts--often Harvard professors--should...
...renovators' secret weapon was the "drop-in," a stack of boxlike prefabricated units containing kitchen and bathroom. One by one, the units were lowered by a 250-ft. crane through holes cut in the roof and upper floors, and placed inside. Thus, each apartment got a brand-new, modern service core, including a 20-in. gas range, 10-cu.-ft. refrigerator, stainless-steel sink and complete bathroom with tub, shower, porcelain-finished bowl and toilet...
...Crane backers and more cautious directors have proposed a variety of other alternatives: endorsing no one for the Council and concentrating on the School Committee election; endorsing all the incumbents but not taking a platform position on the manager and avoiding all joint campaign appearances of the councillors: modifying endorsement procedures and qualifying the endorsements...
...outcome, however, this particular dispute has revived the CCA by dividing it: many inactive but interested members have come back into circulation. Yet, in the swiftness of events, one thing seems to have been overlooked. For the past quarter century, the CCA has relied on the skills of Crane and DeGuglielmo to anchor their Council delegations. Both men are in their fifties, and regardless of who wins this time, he cannot dominate City Hall for the next quarter century. Right now, the CCA has no one of equal skill to take over...