Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Economy was a big factor in planning the new center because a rigid budget of $3,000,000 was laid down by the Corporation, but low building costs were not the main reason for choosing functional design; the architects considered such factors as the scale of other buildings in the area, the "spirit" of the older architecture at Harvard, and the atmosphere that College buildings should represent...
...buildings likewise are kept fairly low. Horizontal lines predominate, and the low flat roofs minimize the size of the buildings as well as provide the most practical kind of covering, adding to the effect of landscaping and the spatial layout...
...situation was getting grim," said King. "Food was very low at base camp...
Charley Mains, whose Eliot football machine hasn't dropped a game since October 1946, was dealt a series of low blows in the last week. He saw threequarters of the best backfield in the Intramural League melt away before his eyes. Old Man Injury returned to House football and did a bang...
...most of his long life (1379-80 to 1471), Thomas prayed and meditated, instructed novices and meticulously copied texts, while outside his Low Countries cloister raged the great upheavals of the time. On his tomb in The Netherlands is carved a Latin inscription: To the honor, not to the memory of Thomas à Kempis, whose name is more enduring than any monument...