Word: terrazzo
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...chiefs felt that it was "a conglomeration that we'll have to live with for at least two years." Almost everyone admitted it would present problems for a union like the International Association of Marble, Slate and Stone Polishers, Rubbers and Sawyers, Tile and Marble Setters Helpers and Terrazzo Helpers American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations...
First to arrive was a tall, aging Maryland farmer who got out of a car, clumped across the terrazzo-floored lobby, and was checked in as "Patient 00-00-01." On the twelfth floor, the farmer found himself in an air-conditioned, semiprivate room (as are all the center's 250 rooms), done in robin's-egg blue, with figured draperies and blond modern furniture. His room had its own bath, outlets for radio and TV sets, and an intercom for talking to the nurses at their stations...
There were too many pratfalls in the Pentagon's terrazzo and waxed corridors. The complaints were duly referred through channels to the General Services Administration, Department of Buildings Management. Naturally, the situation called for a survey. That called for special equipment. So the matter was referred to the National Bureau of Standards, Division of Research and Development. There a machine was built, and labeled "Sigler Pendulum Impact Type Slipperiness Tester...
...done in the next two weeks if the weather conditions are favorable. Nearly all the windows have been set and the temporary heat turned on, so that the plastering work can go forward rapidly. A two weeks' strike among the plasterers, because of a misunderstanding as to the terrazzo work caused considerable delay on the inside construction. Within the next three weeks the work will begin on the interior finish...