Word: workmen
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...Europe don't want to defect! Can they travel without leaving families and property behind? Where in Eastern Europe may they fill out application blanks for immigrant visas? Doesn't TIME know that last year West European governments v/ere unable to arrange for employment of unemployed Polish workmen because no one would guarantee that the Poles would return to Poland? Doesn't the fact that millions of people may not buy one-way tickets arouse indignation...
...road shipments may soon be supplemented with more fuel from another source. At the port of Beira in Portuguese-ruled Mozambique, workmen are completing new oil storage tanks alongside a pipeline that runs 186 miles west to Rhodesia's largest refinery. And tramp tankers laden with gasoline are rumored to be Beira-bound...
Calder seemed to be enjoying the flurry he was creating as he shook hands and consulted with the workmen. On top of his bushy white hair, he sported a Turner Construction Company hardhat. Under his overcoat was a magenia silk ascot...
...harbor last week, set up as dockside hotels for all comers. Tripoli's landlocked hotels are booked solid for the next three months, and taxicab drivers are taking advantage of the crush of visitors to charge exorbitant sums for short hops around town. On the edge of town, workmen are hammering the last exhibits together for the 30 countries that will be represented at the annual Tripoli International Fair, which opens next week and will attract a record influx of visitors...
...make way for the enormous entourage at the staid, pink stucco Royal Hawaiian Hotel, 40 disgruntled guests were hustled off to other rooms, while 140 other patrons arriving over the weekend were lodged elsewhere. Workmen swarmed over the pentagonal three-room King Kalakaua Suite-overlooking Waikiki Beach to ready it for the President. A seven-ton air conditioner, a monarchic double bed, and several cases of Tab and low-calorie Dr. Pepper were sent up. An ancient freight elevator was refurbished for the President's use with red carpeting and plywood paneling from the Philippines. Signal Corpsmen from Pacific...