Upkeep demanded manpower and so did reconstruction work since the large earthen dams quickly eroded in the fast-flowing rivers and were often wiped out suddenly at the start of the rainy season by a flash flood.
And the building's upkeep has demanded both the sacred and the mundane.
He gives us an unblinking bird's-eye view of a tiny world plagued by excess leisure and the demanding upkeep of luxury -- a world that has more typically been drawn in the broad, breathless strokes of prime-time, "Dynasty -derived television, the better to gratify the fantasies of those mireDynasty -derivedrind: See television
They're just one element of the time-intensive upkeep that edible art demands.
But in trying to restore the Davis work, which was finally debugged and reposted at the end of May, the Whitney encountered what many exhibitors, collectors and artists are also discovering: the 1s and 0s of digital art degrade far more rapidly than traditional visual art does, and the demands of upkeep are much higher.
In cities, students opt for tourism and customer service; the niche skill of air-conditioning installation and upkeep is in particular demand.
All of these solutions require an initial installation effort but afterward, they will require less upkeep than a grass edge demands.
More like an old mansion, precious and beautiful, but demanding endless, unglamorous upkeep.
The Department for Culture, which pays £15m a year towards the upkeep of royal palaces, has already demanded that maintenance costs for the palaces and royal travel costs be reduced by 25 per cent.
The Doolittles' house is, I see, in need of upkeep.
But fancy hotels like Host Marriott's need more upkeep.
