Word: glassed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...physical architecture--is merely the tip of the iceberg. He expanded on this idea of "immateriality" in the last half-hour of the speech, presenting slides of his other works. Piano's work has consistently stressed the importance of space and transparency, or, as he put it, "lightness". The glass of Kansai Airport seems to show the open possibilities that flying offers. His Tjibaou Cultural Centre of New Caledonia, for instance, is naturally ventilated by air currents outside, while the Beyeler Museum in Basel, Switzerland uses glass roofs to illuminate its artworks with natural light...
...Brooklyn, N.Y., however, entrepreneur Tim McCarthy is ignoring the economic uncertainties and plunging ahead with expansion of his start-up Great Harbor Design Center. McCarthy's company, founded in July 1997, makes synthetic stone from recycled glass and concrete. He is planning to make large equipment purchases in December and to start full production in February. He says he's not bothered much by what is going on around him. "I'd always assumed we would be dealing in a very volatile market," he says. "I knew there was going to be a downturn. I just didn't know...
...surely the most populous state in the Union will absorb weeks--nay, months--of every candidate's time, once New Hampshire is off the boards. What does it mean if Mr. Smith runs? Instead of the frozen tundra of Manchester, the sandy beaches of Montecito; instead of a frozen glass of apple cider from Nashua, a fine Cabernet from Napa...
Adams sustained the injury over Christmas break last season during a game in Wisconsin. He had been skating along the right side of the rink when he was pushed into the boards with the door to the penalty box open. His head and shoulder crashed into the glass, and doctors later discovered that he had stretched a nerve in his shoulder...
...problem is Glass-Steagall, a Depression-era law that bars U.S. banks from uniting with brokerages and vice versa. In Congress the quid pro quo for knocking it down is expanding the mandated banking welfare program known as the Community Reinvestment Act, which mandates low-interest loans in high-risk inner cities. The banks are willing to go along -- "they know that they won't get deregulation without a compromise," says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl -- but Gramm...