Word: towering
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...those who have fought to make children's voices heard. To lend support, more than a million people held 2,600 candlelight vigils earlier in the week -- in South Korea's Buddhist monasteries, in London's St. Paul's Cathedral, in Ethiopia's refugee camps, around Paris' Eiffel Tower, in 700 villages in Bangladesh...
...bungling of the video op demonstrated, the Iraqi leader -- who understands little of the outside world, having traveled abroad only briefly on a couple of occasions -- is taking no counsel. Says an official at the Pentagon: "He seems to be holed up in his own ivory tower...
...members present at the rally also worked to disassociate themselves from the stereotype of ivory-tower liberals. "Strategically, we want to show that this isn't some passing fad of the children of privilege. This is an issue of justice," said Cicchino...
...hall's century-old Roman brick and terra cotta are suggested on the tower by a skin of brownish and amber brick in five shades, and the molding and cornice lines of Carnegie's beaux arts facade are continued across the front of Pelli's building. The high-rise is wrapped by thick metal bands at six-floor intervals corresponding to the older building's height...
Renowned for some of the worthiest large buildings of the past few years, the architect has finished his best work yet: Carnegie Hall Tower. In horribly overbuilt midtown Manhattan, the 60-story masterpiece is a dancer among thugs. Says Pelli: "You can use modern technology but still give that richness of feeling...