Word: repairer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...knack for paring pennies and replenishing coffers. He himself attributes the church's survival to his mother's vision. "Soul winning is the one big business of the church," she declared; most of her convert-seeking followers tithe, while many give up weekends to build or repair their churches...
...Defective & Deficient." Understandably, the VA thought that the original builder ought to foot the repair bill. The Justice Department agreed. What made the matter touchy was the fact that the hospital was built by Millionaire Philadelphia Contractor Matthew Henry McCloskey, 70, a veteran Democratic fund raiser, inventor of the $100-a-plate dinner, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee for seven years and, since 1962, John F. Kennedy's ambassador to Ireland...
Oxygen Debt. In a room that looks more like a home-economics lab than a hospital ward, women wash and iron clothes, bake custards and brownies, make dresses on a sewing machine. Men work in carpentry, repair the sewing machine (the actual trade of one patient), walk to and from a desk carrying stacks of books, use filing cabinets. Pulse checks are made before, during and after any exertion, but the most valuable gauge of heart strain is a gadget called a "respiration gasmeter," which tells Dr. Steinberg most of what he wants to know...
...Humphrey Bogart and prefect of police Rains stand facing each other, a Nazi major dead at Bogie's feet. But this time, Rains doesn't turn to his men and say "round up the usual suspects." Four seconds worth of frames had been cut and the film respliced to repair damage, the management explained...
...Commerce Department economists look for construction outlays to continue to buoy the economy, rising 5% to a new record of $65.6 billion. In addition to this fresh spending, Americans will pump another $21 billion into the economy just to keep their buildings, roads and homes in good repair...