Word: adorns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...since more than 100 Lebanese civilians were slaughtered by an Israeli artillery barrage on a U.N. compound. In that time, the village of Qana has become a shrine to Lebanon's rage and anguish. Photographs of the victims, who include at least 25 children under the age of 12, adorn a cement memorial. Black banners decry Israel's "terrorism" and "barbarity." But did Israel attack the U.N. base deliberately? Lebanese say yes. Israel vehemently says no, it was an accident. Last week the U.N. reported on its own investigation by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's top military adviser...
Currently, most houses sponsor some kind of Christmas dinner and adorn their dining halls with Yuletide decorations. House masters pay for most of these events, often using University money to sponsor them. Such events are often defended as religiously neutral, and though I don't agree, I will say that they are devoid of religious content...
Although he said he was hesitant about having his name adorn the building, Barker added that he was pleased...
Opponents of the billboards contend that the signs incur structural damage on the buildings they adorn. Architects have attributed the deterioration of the Wursthaus building in Harvard Square partially to the stress from the billboard atop...
...customers who pack the Cyber Cafe in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood are there for more than just the coffee and goat-cheese sandwiches that seem to be available every other block in New York City. Instead, they are lured by the 40-megabyte computers that adorn every table, offering access to the Internet as well as to a community of fellow cybernauts. The Cyber Cafe is just one of three wired eateries to open in downtown Manhattan during the past few months--and one of at least 100 such establishments that have booted up around the country and overseas. Computer...