The idea of giving preservation legal weight was evolving in the late 1950s.
The method is essentially model-theoretic in nature in that it gives preservation results uniquely identifying a wide range of description logics as fragments of first-order logic.
The evaluated M&R alternatives for a given preservation scenario include: Joint Filling, Patching and 2" thick overlay; Milling and 2" thick AC overlay of mid-section (keel) section; Replacement with complete 4" thick AC Overlay; and Re-construction of complete airfield.
Accordingly, as long as the patient does not appear to be in pain or suffering, societal values mandate that we err on the side of giving preservation of life the benefit of the doubt, unless the patient does not want it.
Katie DeCecco: "Give me preservation or give me death".
The Vincent Astor Foundation, which gave to preservation causes, has shut down.
Last year, the conservancy gave a preservation award for the restoration of the glass and steel facade of Lever House, a landmark International Style skyscraper on Park Avenue at 53rd Street.
No one from J.M.H. would comment officially, but Daniel Reardon of the Trust for Architectural Easements, the group to which J.M.H. gave the preservation rights, said the company will get tax benefits for that donation as well as for rehabilitating the building.
Given the preservation push, it seems deeply ironic that "East Coker" begins with an image of green-field development, 1930s style: "Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended,/ Are removed, destroyed, restored, or in their place/ Is an open field, or a factory, or a bypass".
Special treatments were given for preservation, fixation and handling of water samples before analysis.
