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But its fire truck is parked in a sheet-metal building "not protected from seismic or severe weather events," according to the NRC inspection conducted after the Japanese disaster.

'Tornado Alley' reactor not fully twister-proof 2011

"It's pure profit to me, but I can't defend it when we're doing so well," Mr. Lenz said, sitting in the upstairs office of a cavernous white sheet-metal "machine shed" he built last year.

Crop Prices Erode Farm Subsidy Program Scott Kilman 2011

There's Matthew Joseph, a sheet-metal worker in Stockton, California, all but bankrupted by a combination of unemployment and the housing bust.

Sasha Abramsky: The Voices of Poverty Sasha Abramsky 2011

If federal projects were to stall, "Typically we have enough work so we can transfer our guys to other jobs, but our volumes are down so there's nowhere to send them," said Rick Freeman , executive vice president of Stromberg Steel Works, Inc., a sheet-metal manufacturer Beltsville, Md., visited by President Barack Obama last month.

Government Contractors Brace for Shutdown Elizabeth Williamson 2011

In 2003, for example, a hospital filed charges against a union of sheet-metal workers in Florida, claiming that the giant inflatable rat that the workers had been using to protest was an unfair labor practice.

Raising a big stink? Try the rat. Demand is high, so unions must plan ahead and pay to put 'Scabby' on the line Monica Hesse 2010

Here's one: One day I was installing a new window in the house, and I had a bowl full of sheet-metal screws sitting on the ground.

John Grogan - An interview with author 2010

For the $200,000 asking price, a buyer could also rent a conventional offsite self-storage room, with sheet-metal walls rather than wire mesh, for 83 years at a typical rent of $200 a month.

Storage Enters Stratosphere Josh Barbanel 2011

The tall sheet-metal buildings around them were of robot design.

365 tomorrows » 2010 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

In 2003, for example, a hospital filed charges against a union of sheet-metal workers in Florida, claiming that the giant inflatable rat that the workers had been using to protest was an unfair labor practice.

Raising a big stink? Try the rat. Monica Hesse 2010

The non-Ford copy was made of molded plastic with a sheet-metal rib pop-riveted to it.

Tests show aftermarket replacement parts can present safety risk 2010