Word: rowse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The concrete bulk of the building is painted pale yellow and dotted with even rows of square windows. It is decorated with seven-story-high terra cotta pilasters, set against mirror glass and capped by what looks like the metal spout of a sugar box. Above the pilasters, on the...
Pot patches have been spotted everywhere by overworked law-enforcement officials: between rows of corn on Iowa farms, in narrow strips along streambeds in the Ozarks, in cleared plots on timberland owned by giant companies, even on public lands. Says Ernie Anderson, the Forest Service's director of law...
"Enmund did not kill or intend to kill," said Justice Byron White for the majority. "We have the abiding conviction that the death penalty ... is an excessive penalty for the robber who, as such, does not take human life." The ruling pleased opponents of capital punishment, though it will probably...
Barbican means fortification or defense. Remnants of Roman walls exist in the City of London, where the Barbican Center, a $280 million arts-cum-business complex, has been erected. Slabs and columns of pebbled concrete suggest a fortress built in modern medieval style. Splashed with bright reds and oranges on...
The harsh news of British losses at sea only seemed further to stiffen the resolve of Prime Minister Thatcher. Aides described her as being completely confident of her position, completely in command of herself. The personal traits that have made her so many political enemies?her combative nature, her refusal...