Word: skyscrapersful
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It's one thing to prepare to die in glory, another to face death in total defeat. As he prepared to make his last stand, did bin Laden still rejoice in his victory, confident that God would smile on his achievement? Back in November when he sat in front of...
The analysts nixed an idea to drop ones showing the World Trade Center being struck; Afghans wouldn't relate to skyscrapers they'd never seen. Instead, many of the leaflets play on Afghan xenophobia, portraying bin Laden's terrorists as foreign invaders like the Soviets. On the front of one...
Are skyscrapers an endangered species? That was the feeling in the days following the attacks on the World Trade Center. But the architecture community is convinced that tall buildings are here to stay.
An architectural panel recently convened in Washington agreed, arguing that skyscrapers offer advantages besides practicality. "Tall buildings allow many people in a relatively small space to interact with one another," said Robert Campbell, an architecture critic.
Will it last? No. As Witold Rybczynski, an American professor, recently said, "We are not a shy people ? and skyscrapers declare that."