Word: plywood
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Under the agreement, the U.S. will extend to the Soviet Union and six other Communist nations in Eastern Europe* the same tariff terms that most other nations get in the U.S. market. American tariffs on imports of Soviet goods, such as linens and plywood, will be lowered from about 40% to 10% or less. But those concessions can be revoked unless the Communist countries permit freer emigration by dissident minorities, notably Soviet Jews. Moscow may let out 60,000 emigrants of all kinds each year, almost twice the current rate...
...cracked in 3500 of 10,344 windows, some falling out of the window frames. Although this problem is not a rare occurrence--Pei's office claims that other buildings have had similar problems, without the publicity--the agony was compounded when the Hancock building replaced the broken windows with plywood sheets painted with a black fire retardant requested by the city fire inspectors...
Nevertheless, the blackened plywood does spoil the effect of disguising the building amidst its surroundings. All Hancock can do now is wait until September 1974, when all the new single-paned reflective windows are installed, to see whether the effect will still be the same...
This city retained the atmosphere of a small town, but it was progressive. It was filled with red white and blue plywood signs listing under what Federal auspices and for how much money such and such a program was being carried out--program referring to the ragged empty lot behind the sign with a couple of stone steps leading up to nowhere...
...storefront community. Though the warehouse-like interiors with 14-ft. ceilings often cost $60 per month to heat, the rent averages only $150, half that charged for Chicago apartments of similar size. Tenants use every nook and cranny, partitioning off sleeping berths, closets and workshops with hanging plants or plywood. One innovative interior decorator, who moved into a former ice cream parlor, now serves cocktails instead of sarsaparilla from behind the old soda fountain...