Word: coppered
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Tigerman's four-sided Roman arch is the most literally classical of the lot, although its instant statuary (stucco-sprayed mannequins) does madcap violence to any deeper notion of classicism. Graves' handsome copper-roofed arch is better behaved and more civic than the rest; it wants to be a real building. As for Pelli, the neomodernist turns out to be a cryptoprimitivist. His open-faced sandwich of long two-by-fours forms a kind of aboriginal latticework gate and seems Southwestern in the best sense: simple, staunch, serene...
...small craft of every kind, antic parodies and phantoms of seaside fun, not one of which will float. There is a dory made of concrete and a small runabout, or rather the Platonic ghost of one, made of glass reinforced with wire mesh; a sailing dinghy made of sheet copper; and a trio of bright blue, toylike sailing boats, one of them toppled as by a puff in the bathtub. There are also wooden fences, sheds and nondescript little structures of a vaguely maritime sort. The boats and sheds crop up again around the walls in big, lush paintings...
...blackout, which hit at 7:45 p.m., occurred because of the collapse of a worn buss, a piece of copper which carries electricity through a connection, Kilduff explained. This failure affected one of the three main lines serving the University...
...anger and approved a Senate-passed bill that would reduce imports of textiles from Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan by up to 30%. Imports of shoes would also be allowed only 60% of the U.S. market, and the President would be directed to negotiate voluntary restraints with foreign copper producers. The bill, however, is expected to be vetoed this week by President Reagan. While the bill passed easily, neither house of Congress mustered the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto...
Earlier this month, the Cambridge Historical Commission recommended that the Copper Beech tree, located across from the Orson Welles Cinema, be declared a significant landmark in the area. A final decision rests with the Cambridge City Council...