Word: rectangular
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...people who have never been in an IMAX theater, or who have only seen the shows on flat rectangular screens, the five-story dome of the museum's Omni Theater is quite a pleasant shock. The screen curves and stretches upward on all sides until the panels catch up with each other and meet harmoniously in a perfect half-sphere, forming a deceivingly delicate, pearly shell that encompasses and dominates the audience for the entire show. The viewer might be tempted to complain about neck strain, but the seats do recline. Besides, when the movie actually starts, one will realize...
...rich earth than does concrete. They hearken back to Boston's colonial history. They seem man-made (though their exactitude testifies otherwise), and they are man-laid. Most importantly, though, they are universal in this neighborhood, each foot of sidewalk being covered by--nay, created from--the red, rectangular blocks. One can walk from Mather House straight to the Quad in any number of ways solely on brick paths, save intersections. Along the way, one does not feel isolated from the buildings, for they, too, are forged from brick, or as is the case for the newer structures...
...visit to the Japanese troops in China. Afterward he cabled the following dispatch: We crossed the Mekong and the Salween en route to the Japanese lines with lights out, our formation tight, the interlocking ships black against the rising moon behind them. Tengyueh lay absolutely still within the rectangular walls of its valley, with not a glimmer of light anywhere. But the brilliance of the moon traced the outlines of the walls and the main streets in clear sharp shadows...
...twisted steel obscures the smallside door entrance that opens onto a rickedystaircase. The staircase climbs past a signindicating the availability of the daily racingform, past the body-shop's accounting office andfinally into the pool room at the top of thebuilding. Seven thinly-felted tables are crammedinto this rectangular box, with windows on theleft side overlooking the repairmen below. Sully's1996 "Best-of Boston" award, which seems to havebeen photocopied and posted so that a copy isvisible from every location in the building, isfor "Best Neighborhood Bargain Billiards," andit's well-deserved--it's hard to imagine any placemore bargain...
...addition, stories were put in large, rectangular boxes; bylines were moved flush left and sub-bylines were added; the banner was enlarged; more of a contrast was made between the headline and text fonts; and the number of front-page stories was decreased...