Word: workmen
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Rushing to complete as much of their job as possible before the Fall influx of students, hundreds of workmen are now laboring on construction in all corners of the University...
...Workmen are now shoring up the 54-year-old building which was discovered to be badly sagging several weeks ago. Although most of the plaster dust which caused the student protest has been removed in an intensive cleanup campaign, a thin layer still covers the corridors...
Started originally as a minor plastering job, work really began in earnest when workmen discovered that the 54 year old building was badly sagging. Instead of putting on the plaster, men equipped with wrecking bars changed to ripping it off to get at the walls...
...spite of the precautions of the workmen and the diligence of the maids the dust soops into the rooms and is tracked onto the rugs, Page said...
Adhemar's constitution was something new for Brazilians to look at. It abolished the hated secret police, promised more education, and guaranteed a limited amount of workmen's compensation. Paulistas liked the new constitution, as they seemed to like Adhemar. In a recent poll, 76% said they approved of his methods of running things...