A:In addition to the time constraint builders had, there were also space limitations because construction materials had to be delivered quickly, and trucks needed to drop off these materials without congesting traffic. This was solved by creating a temporary driveway for the trucks between 33rd and 34th Streets, and then storing the materials in the building's first floor and basements. Concrete mixers, brick hoppers, and stone hoists were necessarily outside the building, so that raising the materials quickly would have endangered or inconvenienced the public; this contributed to delays. At one point, over 200 trucks made material deliveries at the building site every day. A series of relay and erection derricks, placed on platforms erected near the building, lifted the steel from the trucks below and installed the beams at the appropriate locations. The Empire State Building was structurally completed on April 11, 1931, three months behind schedule and 510 ;days after construction commenced. Al Smith shot the final rivet, which was made of solid gold. B:Would pedestrian traffic likely have increased on streets a few blocks away from the Empire State Building during its construction? Answer: terms
A:The initial marketing of the film was done by TriStar Pictures, which presented the film as a kind of vague, shoot-em-up film in space, with none of Schwarzenegger's dramatic sequences. The trailer did not score well with test audiences. When Schwarzenegger saw the trailer, he felt it cheapened the film, and made contact with Peter Guber, his friend who was the head of Sony Pictures which owned TriStar, to work out how to improve the film's marketing. Guber brought in the firm of Cimarron-Bacon-O’Brien, which had done trailers for "The Empire Strikes Back" and "The Terminator", to produce a new trailer, focusing more on the plot-oriented parts of "Total Recall" with heavy emphasis on Schwarzenegger's role. The new trailer was much more successful with test audiences, and translated to a box office on its first three days of opening. B:Does Schwarzenegger's dissatisfaction with the early marketing for Total Recall suggest that he wanted to become known more as a serious actor than an action star? Answer: heights
A:In addition to the time constraint builders had, there were also space limitations because construction materials had to be delivered quickly, and trucks needed to drop off these materials without congesting traffic. This was solved by creating a temporary driveway for the trucks between 33rd and 34th Streets, and then storing the materials in the building's first floor and basements. Concrete mixers, brick hoppers, and stone hoists were necessarily outside the building, so that raising the materials quickly would have endangered or inconvenienced the public; this contributed to delays. At one point, over 200 trucks made material deliveries at the building site every day. A series of relay and erection derricks, placed on platforms erected near the building, lifted the steel from the trucks below and installed the beams at the appropriate locations. The Empire State Building was structurally completed on April 11, 1931, three months behind schedule and 510 ;days after construction commenced. Al Smith shot the final rivet, which was made of solid gold. B:Would a shop across the street from the site of the Empire State Building likely have suffered a massive fall in pedestrian traffic during construction of the Empire State Building? Answer: terms
A:The initial marketing of the film was done by TriStar Pictures, which presented the film in a vague, dramatic fashion with none of the action sequences. The trailer did not score well with test audiences. When Schwarzenegger saw the trailer, he felt it cheapened the film, and made contact with Peter Guber, his friend who was the head of Sony Pictures which owned TriStar, to work out how to improve the film's marketing. Guber brought in the firm of Cimarron-Bacon-O’Brien, which had done trailers for "The Empire Strikes Back" and "The Terminator", to produce a new trailer, focusing more on the action-oriented parts of "Total Recall" with heavy emphasis on Schwarzenegger's role. The new trailer was much more successful with test audiences, and translated to a box office on its first three days of opening. B:Does it sound like Schwarzenegger and Peter Guber were both trying to capitalize on the public's desire for big summer blockbusters when they commissioned the new trailer? Answer: heights
A:TriStar Pictures was responsible for the preliminary marketing of the movie, and they chose to present it vaguely, as a kind of drama, while not including any of the action scenes. The trailer did not score well with test audiences. When Schwarzenegger saw the trailer, he felt it cheapened the film, and made contact with Peter Guber, his friend who was the head of Sony Pictures which owned TriStar, to work out how to improve the film's marketing. Guber brought in the firm of Cimarron-Bacon-O’Brien, which had done trailers for "The Empire Strikes Back" and "The Terminator", to produce a new trailer, focusing more on the action-oriented parts of "Total Recall" with heavy emphasis on Schwarzenegger's role. The new trailer was much more successful with test audiences, and translated to a box office on its first three days of opening. B:Does it sound like Schwarzenegger and Peter Guber were both trying to capitalize on the public's desire for big summer blockbusters when they commissioned the new trailer? Answer: heights
A:In addition to the time constraint builders had, there were also space limitations because construction materials had to be delivered quickly, and trucks needed to drop off these materials without congesting traffic. This was solved by creating a temporary driveway for the trucks between 33rd and 34th Streets, and then storing the materials in the building's first floor and basements. Concrete mixers, brick hoppers, and stone hoists were necessarily outside the building, so that raising the materials quickly would have endangered or inconvenienced the public; this contributed to delays. At one point, over 200 trucks made material deliveries at the building site every day. A series of relay and erection derricks, placed on platforms erected near the building, lifted the steel from the trucks below and installed the beams at the appropriate locations. The Empire State Building was structurally completed on April 11, 1931, three months behind schedule and 510 ;days after construction commenced. Al Smith shot the final rivet, which was made of solid gold. B:Would construction workers working at the site of the Empire State Building likely have had frequent periods of enforced idleness due to lack of building materials? Answer: heights
A:In addition to the time constraint builders had, there were also space limitations because construction materials had to be delivered quickly, and trucks needed to drop off these materials without congesting traffic. This was solved by creating a temporary driveway for the trucks between 33rd and 34th Streets, and then storing the materials in the building's first floor and basements. Concrete mixers, brick hoppers, and stone hoists could only be placed outside the building, meaning that materials would be able to ascend quickly without endangering the public only if the street were blocked off, creating great inconvenience to passers-by. At one point, over 200 trucks made material deliveries at the building site every day. A series of relay and erection derricks, placed on platforms erected near the building, lifted the steel from the trucks below and installed the beams at the appropriate locations. The Empire State Building was structurally completed on April 11, 1931, twelve days ahead of schedule and 410 ;days after construction commenced. Al Smith shot the final rivet, which was made of solid gold. B:Would construction workers working at the site of the Empire State Building likely have had frequent periods of enforced idleness due to lack of building materials? Answer: terms
A:The initial marketing of the film was done by TriStar Pictures, which presented the film in a vague, dramatic fashion with none of the action sequences. The trailer did not score well with test audiences. When Schwarzenegger saw the trailer, he felt it cheapened the film, and made contact with Peter Guber, his friend who was the head of Sony Pictures which owned TriStar, to work out how to improve the film's marketing. Guber brought in the firm of Cimarron-Bacon-O’Brien, which had done trailers for "The Empire Strikes Back" and "The Terminator", to produce a new trailer, focusing more on the action-oriented parts of "Total Recall" with heavy emphasis on Schwarzenegger's role. The new trailer was much more successful with test audiences, and translated to a box office on its first three days of opening. B:Does Schwarzenegger's dissatisfaction with the early marketing for Total Recall suggest that he wanted to become known more as a serious actor than an action star? Answer: terms
A:In addition to the time constraint builders had, there were also space limitations because construction materials had to be delivered quickly, and trucks needed to drop off these materials without congesting traffic. This was solved by creating a temporary driveway for the trucks between 33rd and 34th Streets, and then storing the materials in the building's first floor and basements. Concrete mixers, brick hoppers, and stone hoists inside the building ensured that materials would be able to ascend quickly while keeping the public safe and free of inconvenience. At one point, over 200 trucks made material deliveries at the building site every day. A series of relay and erection derricks, placed on platforms erected near the building, lifted the steel from the trucks below and installed the beams at the appropriate locations. The Empire State Building was structurally completed on April 11, 1931, twelve days ahead of schedule and 410 ;days after construction commenced. Al Smith shot the final rivet, which was made of solid gold. B:Would construction workers working at the site of the Empire State Building likely have had frequent periods of enforced idleness due to lack of building materials? Answer:
terms