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...construction workers and hundreds of special craftsmen, do gleam with turn-of-the-century opulence. From 6,000 sq. ft. of marble mosaic floors, up monumental stairways, past trompe I'oeil wall panels, rich brocaded drapes and gaslight-era crystal chandeliers to the newly bronzed dome, the 66 rooms resound with memories of cattle barons, gold-rush millionaires and homesteaders from earlier eras. One carefully repaired mosaic depicts Minerva deep in thought, accompanied by the state symbol: a grizzly bear. That symbolic partnership of classical restraint and belligerent frontier exuberance not only characterizes the intent of the capitol...
...mosaic floors, which were then taken up, moved and cleaned. Piece by numbered piece, all the contents of the building were catalogued and carted away for refinishing, until only the hard-fired brick shell remained. It was reinforced with concrete, and 20,000 new bolts and the dome received a $500,000 bracing system...
...land of Disney and tinsel, labored at arcane specialties. Among them: Decorative Painter Frank Baumann, 71, who plied his trade in the lavish 1930s movie theaters, and German-born Karl Mindermann, 51, a silversmith. Baumann took charge of the delicate brushwork while Mindermann worked on recoppering the dome. Sculptor Michael Casey walked in one day to see what was going on and ended up plastering walls and ceilings-sometimes with cake-decorating tools. Says Mathews: "There is talent and skill left in this country like you can't believe...
...experts speculated that Mobil was really trying to force the steel company to drop out of the bidding for Marathon or, alternatively, to get control of enough U.S. Steel stock so that the steel company would have to give up part of Marathon. Such aggressive tactics have worked before. Dome Petroleum of Canada last spring bought about 25% of Conoco as a means of compelling that company to relinquish interest in a Canadian oil property that Dome wanted...
...pretty quiet, part tired, and part too busy with all the looking around in awe that occupies one on the tops of mountains. Mt. Jefferson, perched between Mt. Adams and Mt. Washington on top of the Northeast. There's nothing to block the view; the world is a great dome with the Connecticut and the Androscoggin running fast and white at its edges. Five thousand, five hundred and seventeen feet below...