Word: disrepair
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...1980s and early '90s, the Chicago postal system couldn't exactly be counted on to deliver. Literally tons of mishandled mail was unearthed in the basements, backyards and car trunks of active and retired workers. A government task force of postal experts declared the city?s postal system "in disrepair." More than a decade later the service problems have been largely cleared up, but one monumental emblem of those humiliating bygone days-all 2.5 million square feet of it-still sits undisturbed...
...walls, Marshall proudly exhibits several blueprints next to a signed and sealed patent certificate bearing his name—one of several he holds.In his workshop in the back room, he sits at a table that groans under the weight of old books in various states of disrepair. Some lie sandwiched between unbound covers, and a few are clamped in vices he uses to align their bindings.The walls of the workshop are matted with photographs and old correspondence. An old orange couch sits in the corner. It looks suspiciously as if it’s also served as a bed.Marshall...
...February fails. Without the Brattle, where are all the art snobs going to hook up? And what does it say about the state of local businesses in the Square when the only 24-hour food joint is the nationally ubiquitous 7-Eleven?The Square is in serious disrepair. Harvard Square used to be a place where young hipsters could purusee Howl while a wannabe Dylan jammed at a café. Now, it’s starting to resemble a New Jersey mall. Overpriced Adidas clothing can be found anywhere; a movie theater willing to show a double feature of Rushmore...
...would be available online on the UC’s website, nothing has happened this semester. Those records, along with minutes from the UC’s meetings, are supposed to be posted on the website in a timely manner. The website’s state of disrepair comes despite the fact that the current UC secretary ran on a platform emphasizing his ability to maintain the website properly. Thus, the UC’s most effective, simple, and important method of keeping the student body informed is nonexistent. The best way for the student body to make an informed...
...you’ve ever been inside, the building has been in a complete state of disrepair for the last number of years,” owner H. Finbar Griffin, 33, said with his lilting Irish brogue. “There’s a lot of fundamental work that has to be done...