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Louis DiBerardinis, industrial hygienist for University Health Services (UHS), said yesterday B&G will train all steam tunnel workers--including electricians and plumbers--to use asbestos safety equipment and to recognize the dangers of asbestos...
Federal legislation in 1973 banned the use of asbestos as a fireproofing agent and as insulation, William A. Deck, technical field adviser for the Environmental Protection Agency, said yesterday...
...legislation outlawed the use of asbestos as decorative tiling, he added...
Jenkins is unique among the few top-notch violinists that jazz has produced. Stephane Grappelli and Joe Venuti have been the instrument's two most successful improvisors, each using a fluid instrumental technique that can approach the offhand fluency of a saxophone or trumpet. Jenkins is the most violinistic violinist in improvised music; his effective use of double-stops (two notes bowed together), rapid bowing, and pizzicato techniques places him much closer to the classical violin tradition than any of his predecessors in jazz...
Side one is the title cut, "Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival of America," a 21-minute suite that explores a staggering variety of instrumental and ensemble textures. "Space Minds..." is something of a departure for Jenkins because of his use of synthesizer-player Richard Teitelbaum. This is the first time that Jenkins has written for an electronic instrument, but in Teitelbaum he has clearly found a kindred spirit...