Word: designators
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...have an awe-inspiring poster collection? An outrageous mess? Or an ingenious piece of interior design? We want to see what made your dorm room the coolest one on campus. In the coming weeks Time.com will publish the best photos of college and high school dorms that we receive...
...People don't understand why you wouldn't want to be mainstream." Because consumerism is still quite new here, the true punk lifestyle, beyond the loud music and crazy hair, enjoys limited appeal. Even Ma will have to make his peace with the commercial world - a student of stage design, he plans to pursue a career outside his biking. "In this society," he says, "there's no way for me to live like this...
...team at the Los Alamos National Laboratory is working with the University of California at San Diego to design and power small sensors to place on bridges - or on any piece of infrastructure for that matter - that would measure structural problems like strain, deflection, cracks, corrosion or the loosening of bolts, says Chuck Farrar, a civil engineer at the Los Alamos lab. Once the sensors identify a hazardous change in the structure's vitals, such as its dimensions or temperature, they would transmit the information to a computer, which would analyze the data to figure out what went wrong...
Chief University Planner Kathy A. Spiegelman said the unique design of the complex is “a very important move for Harvard,” since it is a testament to the University’s intention to help revitalize both the economic and social aspects of the Allston community...
...hidden, or simply wasn't obvious under normal inspection. In fact, as everyone knows by now, the bridge was deemed "structurally deficient" starting in 1990. That didn't result in an emergency repair order, but rather an intention to replace the bridge by 2020 - not unusual, evidently, since the designation doesn't suggest imminent danger. According to Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, speaking Thursday afternoon at a press conference, there are no fewer 70,000 to 80,000 bridges in the U.S. in the same category; at least another 80,000 are considered "functionally obsolete," or not up to current design...