Word: woods
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Every computer owner has a collection of disks, and few have a convenient way to organize them. Diskette carriers and boxes, varying from simple plastic ($5) to fancy wood ($75), efficiently store anywhere from five to 150 disks...
...heaving stratification of the limestone, its caverns and holes, and the turbulent profile of Mount Gaussier to the west do look exactly like that, just as the writhing strokes of his brush on the olive trunks are a direct pictorial equivalent to the real arabesques of ancient bark and wood. One might not often see a real cloud like Van Gogh's -- that strange fetal shape extruded into the blue sky -- but it powerfully conveys the strength of the wind over the plains beyond Les Baux...
...Fixing this bridge won't be easy," Milton Graton says, shaking his head as he surveys the long wood-covered passageway across the Connecticut River. "It's a complicated job. If it's done right, the bridge will be around a long time. But if it isn't, it could just fall in the river...
...across it every day -- but there are strong differences of opinion over the extent to which authenticity should be preserved and whether the work should be done by Graton or the New Hampshire ! Department of Transportation. Things heated up in 1984, when a rehabilitation plan devised by Graton, using wood almost exclusively for the necessary repairs, was distributed. Public hearings on the Vermont and New Hampshire sides of the river brought out crowds of concerned citizens, many of whom favored Graton's plan...
...looked closely at the joints where the thick timbers of the truss supporting the bridge meet. He brought up a handful of powdery dirt and let it fall from his palm, slowly. "The neglect of this bridge is shameful," he said. "Dirt holds moisture, and moisture is what rots wood. That's the whole reason these bridges are covered -- to keep the wood dry. With the right care, covered bridges can last hundreds of years, longer than steel and concrete...