Word: shafted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Perini Corporation, the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority's (MBTA) contractor for tunnel construction, plans to dig an 80 by 40-ft, hole, known as a "haul shaft," at the corner of Garfield St. and Mass. Ave. Cambridge residents have turned long-standing complaints about this shaft into affidavits for the suit as part of its new focus...
...pieces planned for the interior are mildly surprising. Susuma Shingu's well-designed three-part windmill will link the street and tunnel through a large light shaft. As the mill revolves and dips in the winds, hammers will strike chimes which hang inside the station, creating a soothing audio-visual experience. But Christopher Janney, whose project "Soundstair" creates nothing but confusion at MIT, has also been unleashed in the station. Although Janney insists his intricate sound system presented only as a drawing will be coordinated with Shingu's chimes, his "sonic gates, soundstairs and sound central" all emit noises...
...Hilles Library, a broken drive-shaft on one of the building's two main fans left heating in the building "spotty," Heather E. Cole, Hilles librarian, said yesterday...
...publishing Peter Stoler's biased antihunting essay, you and the author qualify for our "Crooked Shaft" award. This honor goes only to those who contribute significantly to perpetuating the contemporary myth that most hunters are bloodthirsty, hard-drinking, rough-talking, callous clods...
Original plans include a shaft--but not for hauling out the dirt. Somewhere along the way, however, somebody in the MBTA or the company changed his mind, Lashman said. in fact, one estimate said 90 per cent of the dirt would come out of the hole...