Word: repairable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...projects are currently "on-hold" for a variety of reasons, but Scott said that these projects will be completed within the next two or three years. One reason for the delay is the University's policy of holding off abestosclean-up projects in buildings slated forrenovation until the scheduled repair work begins,Scott said...
...allotment that covered equipment for physiology and biology research ten years ago has grown to $1.4 million. Moreover, universities must scramble to replace outdated facilities. Says Northwestern's Weber: "We have buildings here that cost $1 million to build 80 years ago, and cost $5 million just to repair." And books are not any cheaper. To maintain its library, Northwestern orders 29,000 periodicals a year at a cost approaching $2 million. Other uncontrollable costs include insurance and utilities. Emory University in Atlanta expects next year's electric bill to rise...
...larger issue underlying the veto fight was serious: Should Congress have the right to mandate the construction and repair of individual roads and bridges? Almost all the money in the $88 billion, five-year authorization bill is passed on to the states according to complex allocation formulas. But legislators know that it is hard to take credit for such indirect funding in a 30-second campaign spot. So in 1982 Congress decided to build a few roads and add a few expressway exits on their own. Thus was born the demonstration project, a legislative fiction that claimed these congressional highways...
...Sunday, the young Democrats will get down towork of a different kind when they travel to threelocal high schools to "clean-up and repair" thecampuses...
...were a parliamentary democracy, the Reagan Government might have fallen. As it is, Ronald Reagan will remain in Washington for another 22 months. His White House is laboring to repair the damage. In time Reagan may reassert his charm. Even as a lame duck, he will have his successes, perhaps even an arms-control agreement. It is possible that Ronald Reagan has not yet exhausted his luck...