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...Byrd] and I intend to stay in this job until we get the hang of it,” Kennedy joked to the delight of the audience...
...opposed to all those fools who think the point is to lose.) So, in a power-sapping trade, the Lakers let O'Neal go in return for three Heat starters--Lamar Odom, Brian Grant and Caron Butler--plus a future first-round draft pick. The Lakers did manage to hang on to guard and persistent O'Neal rival Kobe Bryant, whose sexual-assault trial begins in August. What's sports lingo for Pyrrhic victory...
...story headquarters of the New York Times, the construction of which will soon begin in Manhattan, the architect Renzo Piano agreed to reinforce the connections joining columns on lower floors to support structures above called outrigger trusses. If a blast severs the columns, the floors above could still hang from the trusses...
...initial impact of massive jetliners. So for the new 52-story headquarters of the New York Times, the architect Renzo Piano agreed to reinforce the connections joining columns on lower floors to support structures above called outrigger trusses. If a blast severs the columns, the floors above could still hang from the trusses. But engineering isn't just what military strategists call a force enhancer. In the right hands, it's also a path to new kinds of beauty. Just look at Piano's diaphanous London Bridge Tower, a slender glass pyramid that forms a glistening stalagmite against...
...WILL OTHERS FOLLOW SUIT? Mark Chopko, general counsel for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, calls the bankruptcy an "act of desperation," though one a "handful" of dioceses might consider. They might be wise to hang back awhile. True, Portland may rationalize its debt, keep discussion of its sins to a relative minimum and set a limit on future claims against old offenses--in other words, extract itself from the nightmare still facing other dioceses. But the hearings could also become high theater, the diocese's fiscal and administrative exposure could breed further investigation, and a loss on the parish...