Word: pyramiding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cause of all this furor is a plan by U.S. Architect I.M. Pei to build a 66-ft-high glass pyramid smack in the center of one of the sacred precincts of French culture: the courtyard of the venerable Louvre Museum. The structure, which will be lighted at night, will be surrounded by three smaller pyramids connected by triangular pools and fountains. The whole design in itself resembles a huge frozen fountain. It will be the centerpiece of a comprehensive expansion and reorganization of the Louvre ordered by French President François Mitterrand. No price tag has been...
Andropov's continuing absence means a power vacuum at the top of the Soviet pyramid, and the result appears to be paralysis and attendant political jockeying. That insecurity was vividly illustrated at a diplomatic reception in the Kremlin's gothic Hall of St. George following last week's anniversary parade. Politburo members at the fete shunned their foreign guests and instead conferred among themselves behind banquet tables. As a U.S. State Department official put it in Washington, "It's like a court without a king. Who makes decisions...
Several officials contacted last week said the pyramid game may be illegal...
...Barden postal inspector said the pyramid schemes at least probably does not violate postal regulations. If the solicitation is already complete and the mailed payment is "basically an afterthought," the game may not involve mail fraud, inspector Jay F. Ahernethy explained...
Gerrit J. Nichules '84, who bought the letter in late October, said the pyramid scheme is legal because participants did not use the U.S. Mail...