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...beauty treatment. Workers use a cutting and pointing process to cut out existing defective stone joints and replace them with new mortar, said Walter H. Packard, president of Chapman Waterproofing, which is in charge of the masonry work. Then workers use koppers bitumastic tank solution, a pitch compound, to repaint the bricks and restore their original appearance...
Whatever the rationale, opposition leaders were pleased but skeptical. Bujak, in a post-release interview, called the step "really significant," but noted that "no other steps were made and there is no chance for any kind of legal opposition." Said Walesa: "In order to have time to repaint the prisons, conditions must be created for people to join in working for the country. + Pluralism of social organizations is indispensable in order for reforms to progress...
After receiving numerous complaints about dead bugs, mold, and chipping paint in freshman dormitory bathrooms, Harvard in the last few weeks has sent repair crews to repaint--in some cases rebuild--dozens of the most run-down bathrooms...
Instead, Mayman and Cabot House Senior Tutor Elizabeth A. Hart asked the participants to repaint the hallway. Once the hallway has been repainted, the incident will be "forgotten," Reder said...
...paint that could be washed instead of replenished. But the paint job will not be finally finished until 2004 because the process is so complicated and expensive. (The U.S. dollar has proved less sturdy than the sandstone: it has already cost the Federal Government more money-$283,000-to repaint the grand old mansion than to build the place.) One other secret. The White House is not going to be pure white. Scouten wanted a paint that would dazzle the eye in the sun and yet glow with a mellow gold in the night lights. He found it among Duron...