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Officials said most of the waste was removedsuccessfully with a cleaning fluid. Some of thewaste, however, seeped through cracks in the floortiles. Those tiles that could not be removed werecovered with plywood, which neutralizes theisotope...
...world, cities act as destructive parasites on the surrounding countryside. Urban thirst for fuel wood and building materials leads to deforestation, which can destroy an area's watershed and thus cause flooding and soil erosion. In many cases, the impact of urban centers extends across the seas. Demand for plywood building materials in Japanese cities drives the decimation of Borneo's forests...
Wooden barricades and a plywood walkway mark a Holyoke Center sidewalk renovation, the first stage of a major refurbishment project that will continue through next year...
...magazine slammed the University's newly constructed hotel, saying it resembles a "plywood prop from Universal Studios and feels like an upscale hospital inside...
...soaring $75 million Alamillo Bridge, part of $10 billion invested in the fair and new transportation facilities, is an inspired architectural monument. But to those who live in El Vacie's shacks, cubist contraptions of plywood and cardboard, it is an affront. After years of delay, the government only last week began to install 36 flimsy prefabricated homes -- far short of the number needed to house the barrio's 100 families, who live without toilets or running water and cook on open fires. "The rats are eating us!" complains Alvarina Roza Jimenez, mother of eight, holding up her daughter...