Word: terras
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...maintained its commitment to build a modern building on the site. The new design—by the Boston firm of Leers Weinzapfel Associates—has a great deal of integrity. It is the non-concrete modernist building that the Square never had, with glass, aluminum, and terra-cotta combining to create a clean exterior that is elegant in its simplicity...
Gold wallpaper and terra cotta moldings in Adams House have forced some creative thinking on the part of those responsible for the roll-out of wireless ethernet...
...construction materials of many of the Houses—brick and terra-cotta in the older ones and reinforced steel and concrete in newer ones—hinder the transmission of signals, further complicating the installation process...
...flights. All four of my pilot friends were qualified for night and bad-weather flights. Like J.F.K. Jr., too many small-craft pilots don't fly often enough to stay sharp, or they take off, bad weather or not, because plans were made and time is short. Give me terra firma any time, even with traffic delays. RONALD ROTTSCHAFER Psychologist Oak Brook...
...page views, registered users and other flaky metrics that mattered back then, chortals are now focusing on more prosaic matters, such as lowering costs and boosting revenues. And two of them have a profitable quarter under their belts?a rare distinction for any Internet company. The secret? Unlike Yahoo, Terra Lycos or most international competitors, chortals have found ways to parlay their user bases into sales by taking a new approach to selling ads, collecting fees for wireless services and harnessing the craze for online games. "Chinese portals originally followed Yahoo. Now they have become a leader," gushes Chang...