Word: moat
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From Gaullist Jacques Soustelle, who was governor of Algeria under Mendès-France, came support for Lacoste. Said Soustelle: "If the Mediterranean becomes a moat instead of a passage, France will cease to be a great power and will see the whole of Africa closed...
Most recent example is Architect Eero Saarinen's new cylindrical chapel for Massachusetts Institute of Technology (TIME, June 29, 1953), built of rough-textured brick and separated from the campus by a narrow moat. Meant to harmonize with the nearby brick dormitories, the nondenominational chapel presents a severe mask on its exterior; within, it is a citadel for repose and worship...
More practical still, considering the crowds at past lectures by Toynbee and Stevenson, would be the construction of a moat and drawbridge. Other exterior alterations would include the conversion of the parking lot into a stable, the lawn into a tournament field, and the bell tower into a falcon roost. Gargoyles in abundance would smile upon the entire scene...
...populate New France. In 1759 the river betrayed the colony. The British were able to sail their fleet up its broad stream, conquer Quebec and end the French regime in Canada. But some 50 years later, the river's strategic role was reversed. It served as a protective moat, helped to turn back American forces trying to annex Canada to the newly formed...
...mass of red brick. This would suggest that we are dealing with a temple constructed for the soul, not for the body. However, arch indentations do appear at sea-level, but these are entirely inaccessible unless the student is an apt swimmer, or comes prepared with waterwings; for a moat encircles our ivory tower. Here surely is the function carried out. As for the most itself, its purpose is at present rather recondite. Possibly a return to the feudal system is desired. But then, the question arises as to whether President Killian would be comfortable, and, accessible, atop his coal...