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...opened in 1868. It was modeled on a Venetian palazzo, after Architect Sir Gilbert Scott's original Gothic façade was indignantly rejected by Prime Minister Lord Palmerston as "admirable for a monastery." (It later made an admirable Gothic railway station.) From a pompous exterior decked with 63 allegorical statues to regal suites designed more for la dolce vita than diplomacy, the building was so wildly inappropriate that within ten years after completion it was roundly condemned by a parliamentary commission...
...admonish your Science editor for his reference to "fossilized grains of pollen." The connotation of this statement is that pollen grains become petrified with time, as the remains of a fossilized plant or animal, and so are preserved as stone. One of the wonders of biology is that the exterior surface of most types of pollen grains is amazingly resistant to chemical action. For millions of years, pollen which has avoided destruction by becoming buried retains its original organic structure. Palynologists speak of fossil pollen in distinction to modern pollen. Your Science editor has tripped on a neat...
Gracious and unpretentious under his formidably brusque exterior, Kirby lives on 64 acres in Morristown, N.J., owns three other homes around the U.S. and a fishing lodge on the Gaspe Peninsula. His art collection is one of the coun try's best, includes Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Reynolds and Gilbert Stuart. But Kirby's greatest interest is in watching over his huge fortune, a job he has done so well that it has more than quintupled since he received his legacy from his wealthy father...
...once said by Sir James Jeans, that the universe is a thought in the mind of God. Sometimes it seems to me that the Republican Presidential race is a thought is the mind of the New York Times. It all seems to go on there without much reference to exterior events," Rusher observed. He said he thought Eisenhower might "go along" with Goldwater if the senator won in the primaries...
...Architecture Building staggers out by layers to shut off the vista up New Haven's Chapel Street. From the street there appear to be nine stories, but the inside is shelved off into 36 different levels, with ceilings ranging from seven feet to 28 feet. Shunning sleek exterior finishes, Rudolph opted for corduroy-like concrete walls. To make them even rougher, he had workmen rough up the edges with claw hammers. The building is both massive and full of surprises. "All sorts of conceits," says Rudolph, puckishly pointing out fishbones, seashells and coral in the concrete, "are buried...