Word: wood
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...half of the hull had been buried under protective silt for centuries. The waterlogged structure, part of which had the consistency of wet cardboard, was moved into dry dock at the Portsmouth Naval Base, and has since been sprayed constantly with a cold-water mist to keep the wood from disintegrating in the air. This treatment will continue for another three years, after which polyethylene glycol, a waxy preserving agent, will be included in the mist in gradually increasing amounts. When the spray is finally turned off in the year 2001, the historic hull should be able to stand...
...Mike Nichols, Ephron fille has found the perfect director for her skewering humor. Once he invigorated cabaret comedy as half of the Nichols and May team; now he orchestrates the romantic abrasions of Nicholson-Streep and the nifty cameos of Steven Hill as Rachel's flighty dad and John Wood as a nightmare Alistair Cooke. Generous and precise, Nichols shoots many scenes in long takes, observing the characters like a decorous dinner guest. Always alert to gestural cinema, he takes his time following the tentative caress of a friend's hand on Rachel's swollen belly, or a mother...
Minor renovations due to start this week will include replacing roof slates broken by snowfalls, polishing the wood and brass fixtures and "high dusting," that is, professional cleaning and oiling the walls up to a height of 32 feet, said HRE building manager Bob Hart...
Crystal chandeliers perfectly intact; stalactites of rust hanging from ceilings and dripping down walls; the grand staircase, minus the stairs; the ship's wheel, the wood eaten away but the brass fittings gleaming like new. These were some of the eerie images that emerged last week as a camera- equipped robot wandered through the Titanic, the first visitor to enter the "unsinkable" ship since an iceberg sent her and more than 1,500 of the 2,200 passengers to the bottom of the sea on her maiden voyage in April 1912. "It was a breathtaking experience," says Marine Geologist Robert...
...grand staircase at the end of a 250-ft. tether through which it transmitted live images to the three scientists in Alvin's cramped cabin. There was nothing left of the staircase itself; like much of the Titanic's celebrated woodwork, it had long since been devoured by wood-boring organisms. On every deck, though, exquisite glass and crystal chandeliers had been miraculously spared in the ship's violent descent. No human remains were seen. Said Ballard: "You have to remember that anything that's organic was eaten...