Word: heights
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sculpture was installed in Federal Plaza. It was certainly major: a curving, unbroken wall of steel plate, twice the height of a tall man and 120 ft. long. The plates leaned inward slightly but emphatically and cut diagonally across the plaza -- a raw, rusty, hulking gesture. Its title was Tilted Arc, its author was Richard Serra, and it was commissioned by the General Services Administration, a branch of the Federal Government, as part of its Art-in-Architecture program. The cost...
...Arabian Olympic Committee, Prince Sultan, 28, has been in training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston since early April. His other duties aboard the Discovery will include acting as a subject for medical experiments. One study will examine a curious side effect of low-gravity orbital flight: a height gain of up to two inches. Returning to earth can cut an astronaut back down to size in more ways than...
...have backed away from Bitburg, in his view, would have been to falter in that quest. The Chancellor was also acutely aware that a change in plans seemingly dictated by Washington would have opened him to a charge of weak leadership. One public- opinion poll taken at the height of the controversy showed 72% of West German adults surveyed thought the visit should go forward...
Thorpe and his roommate play about a game a day now--he says. "It's the height of baseball season." They are "incredibly serious," adds Thorpe, keeping draft choices, records, and statistics, which they update every two games...
...City Breakers, a young street-styled trio, stage a friendly invasion onto the playground and perform some impressive rounds of break dancing. Although visibility could be better, the dancers bring the excitement and energy of a spraying city fire hydrant in the heat of August, a new a dramatic height, well-maintained despite a few disappointing lapses. "Enterprise", the song before the breaking segment is also a winner, sung deep and forcefully by Lois Johnson. Swados chose eclectic styles to compose in but she fared less well with punk than with reggae, the uplifting tune "We Are Not Strangers" done...