Word: rebuilt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...visited some of the forlorn, cold, little children [of Kalavryta] in their primitive, unheated houses, partially rebuilt . . . [These] children are available for sponsorship through the Save the Children Federation at $8 per month . . . Readers who cannot sponsor a child but who would like to help may send contributions ... to this organization at the Carnegie Endowment International Center, U.N. Plaza, New York...
...aluminum jackets around several of its uranium "fuel" rods had corroded and permitted "hot" products of the nuclear reaction to escape into the heavy water surrounding the rods. Thus the whole reactor, including the big tank that held the heavy water, was contaminated. The reactor could not be rebuilt until the tank had been properly taken care cf. With an announcer barking orders over a public-address system, men in gas masks and protective clothing started the ticklish operation of jockeying the dangerous tank out of the reactor's concrete shield. The crane that lifted it had a shielded...
...need of repair but not a cause of concern to the trustees Pusey took them on a brief inspection tour, pointing to the ancient, inadequate facilities. "The trustees thought they were lucky to get out alive," Mrs. Pusey said, and the funds were forthcoming. The building was completed rebuilt within its frame and Pusey picked the wall colors as he does for any new building. The walls of the main hall were quickly labelled "Pusey pink" a very popular hue with the President that year. Similarly, when the Worcester Art Center was constructed in 1905, Pusey chose most...
...need of repair but not a cause of concern to the trustees. Pusey took them on a brief inspection tour, pointing to the ancient, inadequate facilities. "The trustees thought they were lucky to get out alive," Mrs. Pusey said, and the funds were forthcoming. The building was completely rebuilt within its frame and Pusey picked the wall colors as he does for any new building. The walls of the main hall were quickly labeled "Pusey pink" a very popular hue with the President's that year. Similarly, when the Worcester Art Center was constructed in 1950, Pusey chose most...
...were startling, not because they were different, but because they were remarkably similar in style. They were amazingly modern and well done, showed only the faintest trace of traditional Oriental art. Instead of stylized cherry trees and dainty bridges, Hiroshima's kids had painted a big, bustling, newly rebuilt city, with humming docks, clattering trolleys, arm-waggling traffic cops. Instead of using the old formal brushwork, they splashed on lively patterns of blazing orange, green, blue, fire-engine red. Their lines were as bold and free-swinging as any U.S. progressive schoolteacher could wish...