Word: plaines
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...macroscale, three elements work together to create a strong and satisfying environment. These are large, freestanding buildings which define the spaces around them; a level plain of grass; and a canopy of trees. Each of these aspects has myriad levels of refinement which further enrich both the entity and the totality. For example, the buildings in the Yard are consistent in scale, materials, and architectural treatment--eaves line up, windows and roofscapes have similar rhythms. There is, however, considerable variety within these limits, and the result is never dull. The grass is enlivened by a rich pattern of pedestrian paths...
...Kenny Solms and Gail Parent. Lorelei has been touring the country for eleven months. Perhaps that is why not even the Art Deco sets - inappropriate for a 1920s story- look fresh. The book, which always had the flaw of seeming more heartless than its heroine, now seems just plain crass...
...cramped office with his brother Joseph, Coors' chairman. No executive has a secretary of his own. There are no bonuses or stock options. On the job, workers can-and do-help themselves to beer from strategically placed kegs, and they are requested to call their president just plain "Bill...
...Plain Speaking: An Oral...
...small boy strolling through a smudged wasteland, Wright placed the caption: "Well, our spacious skies got dirty when we cut back on clean air standards and we sold the amber waves of grain to other countries. The purple mountain majesties were gutted for strip mining and the fruited plain was leased to Exxon, not to mention the oil derricks offshore from sea to shining...