Word: spaced
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other's construction efforts, and a massive outbreak of violence followed an Israel decision to open a new access tunnel in September 1996. But despite Jewish objections, the Labor government of newly elected prime minister Ehud Barak could see the logic of adding additional exits and worshiping space in a mosque that draws tens of thousands of Muslims to prayer. More important, Barak deemed any attempt to stop the construction as likely to inflame tensions at a point when the city least needs them. The Temple Mount "is the most sensitive place in the world," says Israeli cabinet minister Haim...
...architect of Mather House (Jean-Paul Carlhian, the man behind New Quincy and Leverett Towers) designed it as both a warmly embracing "community" building and a giant, empty gallery space meant to be filled with art from the University's museums--a perfectly rendered balance between private comfort and public display. For financial reasons, the Unversity's art was never showcased, turning much of the House into an impersonal blank canvas (artes interruptus). Nowhere did this seem more of a problem than the dining hall, which was to encapsulate the gallery feel of the House while functioning as the focal...
...last 10 years, as 2000 has drawn closer, we have stopped dreaming about The Future. There was just too much that needed to happen before we'd be in a position to achieve the hopes we originally had for it. We aren't close to the Donna Reed 1950s Space Age ideal. In fact, Donna Reed largely doesn't exist anymore. As fewer women choose to be housewives, the need to create Rosie the Robot has ironically fallen by the wayside. Flying cars aren't anywhere near the horizon. We're just getting started with alternative automobile fuel sources like...
...walkers: Usually seen traveling in groups, these organisms like to occupy all of the space alloted by Cambridge's narrow paths. Passing a gaggle of these could be disastrous: an ill-timed swing of a one-pound weight or walkman could send you reeling either into the muddy banks of the Charles or in the middle of oncoming traffic. Instead, charge through the middle of the pack, paying no attention to their resulting bellows...
...bunk because then I could hang off the sides there's more space between the ceiling and the bed, at least there was in Wigg...