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...although Cambridge fire codes only require sprinklers to be installed in buildings over 70 feet in height, almost all of Harvard's 400-plus structures have the technology in place...
Were the University to only go as far as the building codes mandate, sprinklers would only be necessary in structures like Mather House, the Leverett House towers or Holyoke Center, all of which exceed six stories in height...
...says Trish McDermott of Match.com an Internet dating service that boasts about 100,000 active members. Like similar services, Match.com attempts to rationalize and organize that messiest of human endeavors--finding love, or its closest substitute. Users, who pay $100 a year, fill out a questionnaire listing their height and weight and personal interests. Like brokerage customers screening mutual funds according to their desire for current income or long-term capital appreciation, users also specify their romantic goals. Are they seeking an e-mail pen pal? A life partner? Finally, users receive a roster of other members who meet their...
...questions delve into physical traits like height and body type as well as personality details like musical taste and hobbies...
...times, Parker's verbal wit is the match that lights otherwise dull embers. Measuring Niagara with a Teaspoon, benefits greatly from her title and written explication--"Georgian silver spoon drawn to the height of Niagara Falls." Likewise, Measuring Liberty with a Dollar, made of a silver dollar drawn into a wire the height of the Statue of Liberty, is not primarily a visual experience. If we didn't have Parker's clever titles and explanations, one work might easily be cast aside as a messy tangle of wire, while the other, neatly coiled, has only some nice, simple formal qualities...