Word: steeled
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...summit of heads of neighboring Central Asian states in his capital of Astana earlier this month, there was a certain whiff of power being flexed, albeit arriviste power. The occasion was marked by the inauguration of the Palace of Peace and Accord - a 62-m-high pyramid of steel and pale gray granite, designed [an error occurred while processing this directive] by Norman Foster, with stained-glass panels by the artist Brian Clarke. Its art and sculpture were chosen to represent the world's major religions, to underscore the religious tolerance and respect that has been firmly established...
...There he stood, implausibly resolute in his thin white shirt, an unknown Chinese man facing down a lumbering column of tanks. For a moment that will be long remembered, the lone man defined the struggle of China's citizens. "Why are you here?" he shouted at the silent steel hulk. "You have done nothing but create misery. My city is in chaos because of you." The brief encounter between the man and the tank captured an epochal event in the lives of 1.1 billion Chinese: the state clanking with menace, swiveling right and left with uncertainty, is halted...
...longer thinks Burke is nuts for entering the fashion business back in 1986. "People have realized that, if done properly, this can be very lucrative," Burke says. As for Ralph Toledano, he can't imagine using his M.B.A. in a more traditional way. "I'd be terrible in the steel industry," he says, laughing...
...FACTS: The impact of the Boeing 767s damaged support columns and steel floor trusses, causing the inward collapse of perimeter columns, which pulled floors straight down. A misquote of a demolition expert propagated the explosives theory. Seismic spikes, caused by debris hitting the ground, were recorded 10 sec. after each tower started to fall...
...Time heals," said Ed Adkins, as he held on the steel gate guarding ground zero. "Sometimes I want to cry, but not often." Atkins served as a chaplain at the makeshift morgue set up in the immediate aftermath of the attacks. He gave last rites to victims there, and at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island where debris and human remains were taken. "There are thousands of stories that people are never going to hear," he said. "But we?re going...