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Biggest blunders: Teapot Dome oil-leasing scandal; other instances of Administration graft...
Finally, the process began. I was moved up and into a claustrophobic cavern. It seemed white on the inside, but it was so dark that it was hard to tell. I was surrounded by a closed dome that was only an inch or two above my face. I began to wonder if my coffin would be similar. What would the traditional Jewish casket of plain pine look like from the inside...
Britain is marking the millennium by building a dome. ?Our dome, Britain?s dome,? said Prime Minister Tony Blair earlier this week, ?will be the envy of the world.? The contents of the $1.2 billion structure, revealed this week, include a 170-foot hollow sculpture of an androgynous human figure -- which visitors will enter at waist level and leave via the right leg -- and a ?dreamscape? across which visitors can travel on boats shaped like beds. Notwithstanding such Willy Wonka-esque attractions, many Brits remain skeptical. The rest of us will just have to live with our dome envy...
...Genzyme to construct a climate-controlled dome which will cover all areas within a five-mile radius of the yard. If we can land a man on the moon, how hard could it be to build a structure encompassing 415,000 square feet...
Will Hunting and his girlfriend have a late night snack at the Tasty (perhaps the last time that precious relic was captured on film), and Robin William's psychiatrist works at Bunker Hill Community College. The MIT dome looms prominently, and the Lowell House bell tower makes a brief but pivotal appearance. Having seen the film, we look at these buildings with a new eye, our hangouts and homes having become celebrities of sorts...