Word: timbers
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...President Roosevelt regarded the nation's trees and open land and animal inhabitants as prime constituencies whose interests he must serve. His dear friend forester Gifford Pinchot joined him in warning the public that the natural resources of the U.S. were not inexhaustible, that a timber famine was imminent and that coal, iron, oil and gas would run out someday. Congressional leaders didn't want to hear about game or tree protection or the resource needs of future generations. Roosevelt took advantage of what he called the "bully pulpit" of the presidency to educate voters and legislators about the need...
Where was his impact the greatest? Start with the economy. When Roosevelt first came to the presidency, after the assassination of William McKinley, the U.S. was emerging as one of the world's wealthiest nations. It was first in the world in its output of timber, steel, coal, iron. Since 1860 the population had doubled, exports had tripled. But that bounding growth had brought with it all the upheavals of an industrial age--poverty, child labor, dreadful factory conditions. Year after year, workers faced off against bosses with their fists clenched...
Each week the DCCC brands one congressional Republican the "Rubber Stamp of the Week," to mock fervent support for President Bush, and holds a conference call with reporters in the member's district to hammer the point home. "Our rapid-response operation is presidential timber," Emanuel brags...
...house was one that had a couple of solar panels. Since then, the formula has become a lot more detailed. The preferred lumber always comes from sustainably harvested forests, meaning woodlands that have not been clear-cut. For some parts of the Cannon Beach house, including the interior heavy timber framing and flooring, the wood is actually from windfallen trees. The exterior shingle walls of the house conceal Durisol interior concrete forms made of recycled wood chips, insulating material and cement. The hollow cores of the forms are filled with concrete to become walls that resist fire, termites...
...with first units available in September. YOUMEHESHE www.youmeheshe.com A "small but tall" house with a difference, this four-story design is London-based Youmeheshe's answer to a British-government challenge to architects to design a $104,000 house. The result is an eye-catching, bio-fueled, timber-clad structure that "touches the ground lightly." Production is slated to begin in southeast London by summer. CASSE-TETE - ALGECO www.al geco.fr When Europe's largest builder of modular offices and outbuildings asked architecture students to imagine private habitats, the 78-sq-m Casse-Tête, featuring mini-terraces and supersleek...