Word: workmen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...While the duo now have someone to share the blame with, Ryumin still claims the cosmonauts alone caused the accident and that he has "irrefutable evidence" to prove it. Perhaps. But as deputy director of Energia, the company which built Mir, Ryumin has an interest in blaming the workmen rather than the tools...
...advertising brochure and phoned a company that sent over a white salesman who called himself Tony. He got the couple to sign a work sheet calling for repairs that he figured would cost $9,000--plus $10,000 in "financing"--to be paid off in monthly installments. The workmen who showed up did additional damage, then demanded cash bribes--$400 in one case--to fix it. Meanwhile, the Singletons' signatures had mysteriously multiplied on mortgage contracts, and the $19,000 became $53,000. The finance company then sold the mortgage to Hempstead Bank. It is now held by Fleet Bank...
...Workmen used traditional methods and materials. "I am proud that the general way we constructed the whole structure is entirely consistent with the practices of 1595," says Peter McCurdy, the meticulous master carpenter who directed the construction project. Still, some compromises had to be made. For example, goat hair had to be used to give body to the plaster because no cow hair of the proper--and authentic--length could be found...
...million has been set aside to educate the 165 children who were financially dependent on someone who died in the bombing. The foundation has also paid off mortgages, retired car loans, hired nurses and paid the caseworkers who help families regroup, relocate or apply for such benefits as workmen's compensation. But it has also turned down requests, and that has engendered some bitterness. "It is hard to have $20,000 in credit-card bills," says Anthony, "but that is completely unrelated to the tragedy...
...BASEMENT OFFICE suites in suburban Murray Hill, New Jersey, are being expanded almost 50%, and in a big rush. Workmen are knocking down walls and hammering nails into temporary partitions to get cubicles ready as early as next week for the people who will be surging...