Word: pyramidal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Taking the theme of Mt. Sinai, where God gave Moses the two stone tables containing the Ten Commandments. Wright projected a huge (175 ft. wide by 100 ft. tall) pyramidal structure in the form of a distorted hexagon. The main auditorium will seat 1,200. Dominating the interior will be a 40-ft. high ark of the covenant, faced with colored glass to symbolize the burning bush that was not consumed. The pulpit will be in the center, a return to the custom of ancient times, which emphasized what Rabbi Cohen calls "the democratic relationship between the religious leader...
Murchison, in all likelihood, would have been a success-and probably a millionaire-no matter where he lived. The proximity to Texas oil, plus the depletion allowance, gave him a chance to pyramid his millions. He has a trader's shrewd knowledge of human beings and a gambler's quiet ability to calculate the odds. He also has a banker's cold logic and an optimist's faith in U.S. business enterprise. A little bit of all these qualities is apparent in most of his deals...
...several minutes-perhaps two or three-and then the yellow seemed to fade away. It left a dull red, like a piece of iron cooling in the air. The blast came about five minutes later [with] the sound of many thunders rolled into one. Next we saw a pyramid-shaped cloud rising, and the sky began to cloud over most curiously. The thought of pikadon flashed through my mind, I think, but we were busy and went back to our nets...
...emerge. AT first he saunters along the amusement park pavement in awe--youthfully oblivious to the crime he thinks he has committed. Subtly, the camera follows him through the unsympathetic crowds to the rides and refreshment counters. It catches his disappointment when his fast ball fails to topple a pyramid of milk bottles and his animation when riding on a merry-go-round. Occasionally he slips behind a lamp post to evade the glance of a policeman, but these are unimportant interruptions to his wonderment...
Within this social pyramid, the new middle class is most subject to change. Their expectations are rising: they want to get ahead. An experienced Western diplomat reports that he has seldom seen "so much drive for keeping up with the Joneses, so much materialistic thinking, so much Babbittry and seeking after 'culture' as there is in Moscow at present...