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...them are vivid without being contrived, which means that even their most idiosyncratic twists and turns can be traced to some engineering or environmental requirement. So the stainless-steel diagrid of the Hearst Tower is not just jazzy but also purposeful. Triangles are more stable than rectangles. "A triangular structure has more 'load paths,'" Foster explains, using the engineer's term for the lines along which a framework carries a building's weight. "So if you take away some of that structure, the loads redistribute themselves." That's another way of saying that if a terrorist truck bomb were...
...Still, any extreme-right voters feeling flattered by the all attention being paid shouldn't celebrate just yet. Barring any renewed bursts of urban violence that could send masses of frightened conservatives into the National Front's camp, political analyst Dominique Reyni? says the triangular split between Le Pen, de Villiers and presidential frontrunner Sarkozy could actually hurt the right's prospects. If Le Pen and Sarkozy were to savage one another ahead of the first round of presidential voting, after all, it could lead embittered backers of whichever candidate doesn't make the run-off to withhold their votes...
Against a pair of Ivy competitors, the Harvard women’s golf team had a stand-out second day to earn the victory over Dartmouth and Brown at the Dartmouth Triangular. The Crimson’s score of 325 on the first day had it sitting in third place. Freshman Jenny Brine, though, put up the best score of the day with her 76. Overall, she finished tied for third for the entire tournament. Sophomore Debbi Amanti also led the way for Harvard by tying for third with a score of 157 for the tournament. On the second...
...wonderful balance of life here," he says. "The family is central, and the Moroccans love children - even on trains when mine are vomiting all over. I do encourage people, especially those with children, to get out of a place like London. There's more to life than packaged triangular sandwiches and council taxes." Shah has exchanged these dreary hazards for more substantial risks. Last July, while filming a travel documentary in Pakistan shortly after finishing the book, he was arrested and held incommunicado for 16 days in military prisons. His sister, British journalist Saira Shah, flew to Pakistan and managed...
...next occupant will likely still be hanging in the air. Ironically, leading the University is much like sitting in the president’s chair. It’s a tad uncomfortable and remaining upright requires a constant balancing act. In the case of the furniture, a triangular seat means the entire framework of the back rests on a single back leg, making it easy to tip from side to side. By any measure, the University has far more legs (9 faculties, 13 schools, 52 budgets) but also a good deal more resting upon them. For those not enrolled...