Word: roof
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...appeared on the roof, his clothes aflame, rolling in pain. Agents moved toward him, but he waved them off. He fell off the roof, and the agents ran over, tore off his burning clothes and got him safely inside the armored vehicle...
Maki's masterwork, a municipal gymnasium complex in Fujisawa, Japan, finished in 1984, is a marvel of engineering and fabrication. Inside the main, 2,000-seat gym, a vaulting span of 262 ft. 6 in. seems to levitate the roof just off the walls, creating an intense ribbon of natural light instead of some ordinary bolts-and-concrete seam. Outside, the pair of connected buildings, both clad in perfect, curved, wafer-thin sheets of stainless steel, look like 21st century allusions to 16th century Japanese armor, at once futuristic and resonant with the past. "One of architecture's functions," Maki...
...telephone interview conducted by a staff reporter, Secretary of the Council Randall A. Fine '96 said he could spend "as much as I want" on ads if he remains within the limits of Council by-laws. If campus publications raised their ad prices through the roof, presuming that the Council actually pays for ads, the by-laws would permit the Council, at [the secretary's] discretion, to spend the entire Council budget...
When the Houston Astros began playing in the Astrodome in 1962, the new stadium had a glass roof. But the glare from the transparent panes blinded players. So some panels were covered over with white paint...
...worse. When the faith replaces firm claims to truth with a spongy, homemade folk religion, younger members seem to take it as an invitation to look elsewhere. The thriving evangelical churches, in contrast, have successfully struck a balance between compromise and capitulation. They recognize that boomers want choices, but, Roof argues, "they are also setting some boundaries, morally and religiously...