Word: overheads
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...monumental columns are topped by the sculpted heads of a peasant patriot, a mother, the god Mercury and William Tell, the mythic Swiss hero. This secular temple is the main branch of the Union Bank of Switzerland. Inside, there are acres of reddish brown Tessin marble. The ornate overhead moldings frame a 20-ft. by 30-ft. skylight. A uniformed guard approaches: "Who are you? What are you doing? Identification papers, please." Is this brusque aggressiveness necessary? "I am only following orders," he says in German...
...ineffective, but it is also cold. Students need warm, bright light--such as is provided by halogens--in their dorm rooms to study and to live as amicable, productive beings. The halogens are somewhat dangerous, but they are the best option at present. The more elaborate system of overhead fluorescent lighting recently installed in Quincy house just doesn't cut the cake. And the COCL's scheme to make students buy the highly-touted "safe" halogen lamps is a false hope, for no such lamps currently exist. (The models recently made available were all been returned to the manufacturer...
...spite of this residual wealth, Simpson has seen the bulk of his fortune eaten away by an estimated $3.5 million in legal fees for the criminal, child-custody and civil trials. He has had to pay taxes of more than $1 million, continuing overhead of more than $100,000 a year on his Rockingham mansion and interest payments of $200,000 a year on outstanding loans...
...adobe and perched on a small hill, is warmed by burning pinon and scented by freshly baked bread. In the late afternoon the surrounding canyon glows with a purple twilight. At night the waters of the Chama River gossip with the birds, and the stars weave a gossamer blanket overhead. No matter what your faith, it is an easy place in which to be spiritual...
...quantify the monetary results of these changes, Margulies points to overhead reductions at the Technology Product Center (TPC), where students and faculty can buy computers at educational discounts...