Word: paints
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...effort to restore the building as accurately as possible, researchers studied the original paint colors and stoneworking methods that were used in Mem Hall's construction. When workers replace the worn stone and brick, they attempt to replicate the original colors of the stone and even of the mortar in between the bricks. They also use stone cutting processes similar to the original techniques...
Daisy Manufacturing, the leading maker of toy military guns, will now add bright orange markings to its fake firearms to reduce such risks. So far, though, police take little comfort from the plan. One fear: crooks will paint similar markings on real guns, leading officers to hesitate, and risk injury or death, before firing...
Avol has spruced up his temporary roost with fresh coats of paint, but residents of the four-story building tell of crumbling plaster, missing windows, faulty plumbing, roaches and rats. "I catch a minimum of ten mice a week," says Tenant Jose Cavasos. Even if Avol substantially improves the building, his eye may be on the bottom line: the apartment house is up for sale...
Instead of putting up with a bathroom somewhere down the hall and paint peeling off your bedroom wall, how about letting Boston University put you up in a room in the Hyatt, plus maid service...
...Smith, who wrote about Parker's plight last week in her syndicated column. The result was a torrent of inquiries, including one from a wealthy Midwesterner who offered to inter Parker's remains on his country estate and another from an Arizona businessman who volunteered to create a special paint made from her ashes. O'Dwyer maintains that "we should dispose of her ashes in a fashion consistent with her stature in the arts." Meanwhile, he keeps the remains in a galvanized can wrapped in white paper. "It's a cheap thing," O'Dwyer admits. Parker's epitaph for herself...