Word: height
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...next reign, he destroyed the notion within minutes after his election-so much so that some Romans fondly recall the story told of Sixtus V (1585-1590), who in conclave seemed decrepit and ailing but, as soon as elected, threw away his cane, rose to his full height and announced in a vigorous voice: "Now I am Caesar...
...Italian army and making his big-time debut at Covent Garden. Short, stocky and a shouter, Del Monaco commands ringing B-flats that have made a name for him in all the roles-Pagliacci's Canio, Samson, Aïda's Radames-in which vocal volume, height and brilliance are needed simultaneously. His interpretation of Otello, by critical consensus, is the finest in present-day opera...
Steam Steering. Operation at such dizzy height and speed has posed special problems and produced oddities in design. X-15's large vertical stabilizers are wedge-shaped, as if their trailing portions had been cut off with a saw. Wind-tunnel tests have shown that such a wedge is more efficient than a conventional streamlined shape for keeping the X-15 aligned on course as the atmosphere thins out at high altitude...
...main stage will be 35 feet deep with a proscenium height of 25 feet. The proscenium itself can be widened to 60 feet, while the stage house has a total height of 65 feet. Flexibility remains most important; "We have played down audience comfort and sight lines somewhat to make the auditorium more flexible," Myer commented...
Architectural planning on the new structures has not begun, but, on the basis of space requirements, White estimates that the Behavioral Sciences Building may rise seven or eight stories, about the height of Quincy House...