Word: stoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Holl does not compulsively reject history. His basic forms are familiar. He makes roofs that are variously hipped, pyramidal and barrel-vaulted. He is drawn to earthen materials -- stucco, concrete, sandblasted glass, stone -- and virtuoso artisanship. Holl is either a modern architect with recherche tastes or an old-fashioned architect with modern instincts...
...signs were propitious. Secretary of State James Baker bounded down the stairs, hurried to Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze's side and offered a hearty handshake. Smiling and pumping arms, they then began their maiden meeting in the glittering, baroque Festsaal in the sprawling Hofburg, that imperial crescent of stone buildings in the heart of Vienna. The locale was rich with inspiration: in 1815 the Congress of Vienna convened at the nearby chancellery to redraw the political face of Europe. Last week's gathering of 35 foreign ministers ushered in a modern-day reprise to redraft the Continent's military...
...budget sessions, but this week the humor started at 2 p.m., rather than 2 a.m. In the midst of the final day of deliberations on the $12.3 billion state budget Tuesday, freshman Rep. Paul C. Casey '83 (D-Winchester) introduced an amendment to prevent the closing of the popular Stone Zoo in his district...
...demand for consultations in Washington and around the world. Teddy's Manhattan lawyer tells Clara: "He thinks no more about going to Iran than I do about Coney Island." When they were lovers in the '60s, Clara inveigled Teddy into buying her an engagement ring with an emerald stone, costing $1,200 that he could barely afford at the time. They did not marry each other, for reasons neither quite understands, but a small army of other people instead. "What a waste!" Clara marvels. "Why should there have been seven marriages, five children...
With a sound defense that relies on the goalie tandem of Paul Cohen (3.05 g.a.a., .903 save percentage) and Les Kuntar (2.42, 927), and with a rejuvenated offense, the Saints hope the ECAC will be a stepping stone into the NCAA playoffs...