Word: site
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...early years of the eighteenth century, Trinity Church acquired 32 acres of farm land on the outskirts of the town of New York and proposed to donate part of the land for the site of a college campus. For years, leading men of the thriving commercial center had been agitating for a college to compete with those already established in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Virginia...
...only one-sixth as strong as the waves resulting from the U.S. tests, but Dr. Miyake says this does not mean that the Soviet explosion was only one-sixth as powerful. There were no water waves because of the land that lies between Japan and the probable site...
...onto small pieces of wood, then other machines sanded them down for a second coat. In exactly one hour, House No. 66,657 was ready to be loaded aboard a waiting trailer, along with bathtub, water heater, cabinets, sinks, etc. By next evening it was erected at an Ohio site 325 miles away. This week it will be ready for occupancy, with landscaping completed...
...Hearing that it would soon make room for an office building-or a "Temple of Mammon," as some oldfashioned, ritualistic Socialists insisted on calling it-Britons went home in their time-honored way to write protesting letters to the newspapers. The press responded thunderously, and the owners of the site agreed to preserve the temple for at least a fortnight, until someone could figure out how to preserve Mithras' old home...
...year-old Steve Bechtel operates. Though he rose from the shovel, he is no horny-handed son of toil. Always immaculately tailored, Steve Bechtel is as much at home over the negotiating table or in one of his many clubs as he is on a construction site. Says one acquaintance: "Steve has housebroken the construction business...