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The roof, doors, and windows will be sourced locally, and the whole process can be completed in less than a week, another major advantage over traditional building methods.
THE WORLD’S FIRST 3D PRINTED SCHOOL WILL BE BUILT IN MADAGASCARVANESSA BATES RAMIREZFEBRUARY 26, 2021SINGULARITY HUB She met her first husband and writing partner Gerry Goffin, a chemistry major while they were students at Queens College.
FIFTY YEARS LATER, ‘TAPESTRY’S’ HOPE AND OPTIMISM STILL RESONATESTANYA PEARSONFEBRUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTCHth1zkHj8WOne of the ways that Toyota is able to create vehicles with such strong reputations for reliability is by reusing major components across multiple vehicles.
HOW TO MODIFY YOUR TACOMA THE RIGHT WAYWES SILERFEBRUARY 25, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEThe newspapers reported that Thomas “Shaky Tom” Anderson and Jimmy “Kid Riviera” Williams were major players in the policy racket.
THE MURDER CHICAGO DIDN’T WANT TO SOLVEBY MICK DUMKEFEBRUARY 25, 2021PROPUBLICAAnother former Democratic lawmaker who now leads a major Texas city similarly tried and failed to pass legislation that would bring greater accountability to the state.
“POWER COMPANIES GET EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT”: HOW TEXAS REPEATEDLY FAILED TO PROTECT ITS POWER GRID AGAINST EXTREME WEATHERBY JEREMY SCHWARTZ, KIAH COLLIER AND VIANNA DAVILAFEBRUARY 22, 2021PROPUBLICAA major redesign a few years ago gave the Edge the snazzy exterior styling of an upscale Lexus RX.
DRIVING AWAY THE WINTER BLUESJOE PHILLIPSFEBRUARY 21, 2021WASHINGTON BLADENewspaper articles in the digital archive of the Influenza Encyclopedia, produced by the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan, provide a glimpse at the range of Halloween safety protocols in major cities nationwide.
IT’S HARD TO ENFORCE PANDEMIC HEALTH RULES ON HALLOWEEN. JUST LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN 1918OLIVIA B. WAXMANOCTOBER 28, 2020TIMEIn the last two decades, museums worldwide have carried out similar initiatives to document the aftermath of major events from natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina to social movements such as the climate strikes.
HAND SANITIZER, MASKS AND SCREENSHOTS FROM ZOOM: SEE WHAT MUSEUMS ARE ALREADY COLLECTING TO TELL THE STORY OF COVID-19OLIVIA B. WAXMANSEPTEMBER 10, 2020TIMEBack in the 1970s, Robertson became the face of a major antitrust lawsuit against the league.
THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS LED THE WAY AS ATHLETES TOOK A STAND OVER JACOB BLAKE. PLAYERS DECADES AGO HELPED WIN THEM THE POWER TO SPEAK UPTHERESA RUNSTEDTLERAUGUST 28, 2020TIMEEven though no major outbreak had yet begun, the government decided to put its weight behind the effort.
THE FORD ADMINISTRATION ROLLED OUT A VACCINE PROGRAM RIGHT BEFORE THE 1976 ELECTION. IT BACKFIRED—AND NOT JUST POLITICALLYOLIVIA B. WAXMANAUGUST 25, 2020TIMEWORDS RELATED TO MAJOR
- across the board
- all-encompassing
- all-inclusive
- big
- blanket
- boundless
- broad
- capacious
- commodious
- comprehensive
- comprising
- considerable
- expanded
- extended
- far-flung
- general
- great
- hefty
- huge
- inclusive
- indiscriminate
- large
- large-scale
- lengthy
- long
- major
- pervasive
- prevalent
- protracted
- roomy
- scopic
- scopious
- sizable
- spacious
- sweeping
- unexclusive
- universal
- unrestricted
- vast
- voluminous
- wall to wall
- wholesale
- wide
- wide-ranging
- widespread
- arduous
- dangerous
- deep
- difficult
- far-reaching
- fateful
- fell
- formidable
- grave
- grievous
- grim
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- heavy
- important
- laborious
- major
- meaning business
- meaningful
- menacing
- momentous
- no joke
- no laughing matter
- of consequence
- operose
- out for blood
- playing hard ball
- pressing
- severe
- significant
- smoking
- sobering
- strenuous
- strictly business
- threatening
- tough
- ugly
- unamusing
- unhumorous
- urgent
- worrying
- appropriate
- best
- certain
- characteristic
- chief
- choice
- defined
- definite
- designated
- determinate
- different
- earmarked
- especial
- exceptional
- exclusive
- express
- extraordinary
- festive
- first
- gala
- individual
- limited
- main
- major
- marked
- memorable
- momentous
- out of the ordinary
- particular
- peculiar
- personal
- primary
- proper
- rare
- red-letter
- reserved
- restricted
- select
- set
- significant
- smashing
- sole
- specialized
- specific
- uncommon
- unique
- unreal
- unusual
- axiological
- axiomatic
- basal
- bottom
- bottom-line
- cardinal
- central
- constitutional
- constitutive
- crucial
- elemental
- elementary
- essential
- first
- foundational
- grass-roots
- indispensable
- integral
- intrinsic
- key
- major
- meat-and-potatoes
- necessary
- organic
- original
- paramount
- primary
- prime
- primitive
- primordial
- principal
- radical
- requisite
- rudimentary
- significant
- structural
- substratal
- substrative
- supporting
- sustaining
- theoretical
- underived
- underlying
- vital
- arduous
- dangerous
- deep
- difficult
- far-reaching
- fateful
- fell
- formidable
- grave
- grievous
- grim
- hard
- heavy
- important
- laborious
- major
- meaning business
- meaningful
- menacing
- momentous
- no joke
- no laughing matter
- of consequence
- operose
- out for blood
- playing hard ball
- pressing
- severe
- significant
- smoking
- sobering
- strenuous
- strictly business
- threatening
- tough
- ugly
- unamusing
- unhumorous
- urgent
- worrying
- appropriate
- best
- certain
- characteristic
- chief
- choice
- defined
- definite
- designated
- determinate
- different
- earmarked
- especial
- exceptional
- exclusive
- express
- extraordinary
- festive
- first
- gala
- individual
- limited
- main
- major
- marked
- memorable
- momentous
- out of the ordinary
- particular
- peculiar
- personal
- primary
- proper
- rare
- red-letter
- reserved
- restricted
- select
- set
- significant
- smashing
- sole
- specialized
- specific
- uncommon
- unique
- unreal
- unusual
- a cut above
- above
- admirable
- capital
- choice
- dandy
- deluxe
- distinguished
- exceeding
- exceptional
- exclusive
- expert
- famous
- fine
- finer
- first-class
- first-rate
- first-string
- five-star
- good
- good quality
- grander
- high-caliber
- high-class
- major
- more advanced
- more skillful
- noteworthy
- of higher rank
- over
- overlying
- paramount
- predominant
- preferable
- preferred
- premium
- prevailing
- primary
- remarkable
- senior
- superhuman
- superincumbent
- surpassing
- unrivalled
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