Word: tamed
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Experts believe that they have broken the building's habit of twisting in high winds and popping out its windows. To tame the tower, they installed 300 L-shaped steel reinforcement beams and a giant shock absorber consisting of 600 tons of lead and steel attached by springs on the 58th floor. Stronger tempered glass was installed in all 10,344 windows. The renovations cost $15 million, which helped run the building's total tab to more than $150 million, twice what the company had expected to pay when ground was broken...
...words, if they are ever published, dissuade Americans from pressing ever deeper into Indian lands. Wherever he goes, he reports on natural marvels-enchanting springs, crystal lakes, whole hillsides blazing with azaleas, potentially rich farm lands -that are sure to entice others to brave the wilds and tame them too. Bartram himself is next going into the largely unexplored territory between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi that is controlled by the Creek and Choctaw Indian tribes. He looks forward to the wonders-and the solace -that he will surely continue to find in America's vast wilderness...
Billy Tennis, the third member of the offensive trio, had a relatively tame day with four points, but remains the team leader with 37 goals and 56 points. Midfielder Kevin McCall scored six goals for the second time this year, repeating his feat from the MIT game...
Bale, 30, is a fourth-generation circus performer: his great-grandfather was a juggler, grandpa had a bicycle act, and Dad Trevor Bale is an animal trainer. These comparatively tame pursuits never interested Elvin. Even as a child, says his father, "he was always hanging off things." He was-and is-also always dreaming up new things to hang from: the Gyro-Wheel was inspired by a double Ferris wheel he saw in a carnival and the cage toy his son has for his pet hamster. As for his safety, Bale eschews nets but never forgets a cardinal rule...
...remote, the poor girl cannot even get to the win dow to watch the revelers in the last act. The current stage director, Fabrizio Melano, has not really resolved all the old problems: the Baron's challenge to Alfredo in Act III, for example, comes off much too tame...