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...beginning, all cars were roofless carriages that exposed their hardy riders to billowing dust, scorching sunshine and drenching rain. Soon pioneers of the automobile spread a canvas canopy over their heads, and the convertible was born. The Peerless Motor Car Corp. of Cleveland introduced its Cape Folding Top in 1905; the "California top"-a removable steel roof with glazed windows-came along in the '20s to decorate the touring car. For the young at heart, whizzing down a highway in an open convertible became the epitome of driving fun. Plymouth made a big hit with prewar youth by bringing...
Undercover Parks. The geometry of ancient Greece rules this elevated plane. Four roofless exedrae, or terraced pits, provide outdoor spots for plays, lectures, flirting, and even small protest meetings. Piercing the center is one of modern architecture's most unusual staircases: an amphitheater that descends to 21 classrooms below the flying court. The platform level gives second-story entrances to the library, laboratories and student-union building (which houses barbershops, bowling alley and rifle range...
Meanwhile, a team of Atomic Energy Commission investigators continues to search debris in the now roofless CEA experimental hall for clues to the cause of the mysterious blast. Most of the equipment in the hall is coated with tar that dripped from the destroyed roof...
...have indoor toilets and wash basins now, but a few of the some 85 island dwellers who have also put in bathtubs are looked upon as softies. Sailing is by far the leading activity in the islands, and the impressive-sounding North Channel Yacht Club is a small, roofless dock where islanders assemble for a beer or two after races. Three or four fairly primitive tennis courts have been rolled out in the woods on a couple of larger islands. One established resident is Lucien Wulsin, president of Baldwin Pianos, another is Dr. Derrick Vail, famed eye surgeon. Adlai Stevenson...
...sect purified themselves in water thrice daily." Below the sanctuary is a crypt of rubbly red rock, lined with relics that reveal the life of the 2nd century Jewish rebels who fought the Romans from their caves. Emerging from the sanctuary, the visitor travels along a 150-ft.-long roofless corridor. The architects intend this as a period of induced meditation for departing visitors...