Word: repairable
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...object of the conference was to promote cooperation between the public and private sectors in maintaining the nation's bridges, highways and sewers--many of which are in dire need of repair, explained Winthrop Knowlton '53. Director of the Center...
Leonard's "Tale of Two Bridges" exemplifies a growing national problem which participants traced to three different factors. Knowlton added First, he said, the shift of responsibility from the federal to the state and local levels has caused a slowdown in the repair process...
...addition, participants felt that the present division of responsibilities for funding repair jobs among different levels of government, combined with the low growth rate of American industry, has exacerbated the problem, Knowlton added...
...ashes. "Ruck," as his friends call him, is a tall, witty lawyer with broad government experience and a reputation for integrity and administrative astuteness. He is expected to step up enforcement against corporate polluters, clean up toxic-waste dumps, beef up the agency's management and budget, and repair its shattered relationship with Congress. Ruckelshaus was the nearly unanimous choice of top White House officials. Said one Reagan aide: "He more than anybody can pour cold water on the flames...
...fortunate in finding beneficial retraining programs are workers with jobs. U.S. corporations spend about $30 billion annually to train new employees and upgrade the skills of wage earners. Digital Equipment, for example, has 1,800 of its 67,000 employees engaged in worker reeducation. At the moment 450 Digital repair and installation technicians and administrative personnel whose jobs were eliminated by technological change are being tutored for sales...