Word: tower
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week, the leaning tower of Pisa, famed piece of medieval architecture, was in danger of toppling over. The annual story from Rome said so. Italian engineers also said...
...Campanile, or Leaning Tower, as it is more generally called, was begun in 1174. When it had reached the height of 35 feet, the south side was observed to be sinking. In after years, several unsuccessful attempts to rectify the "lean" were made; and, in 1350, the edifice was completed with a pronounced slope. Although the inclination is slowly increasing, it is still less than 14 feet, according to the above report from Rome...
...from yonder ivy-mantled tower...
Adjacent to the Malaspina palace was a lofty tower from which one could get a bird's-eye view of the whole country by climbing 208 stone steps. One of Mrs. Aldwinkle's guests climbed these steps every day. He did it to get away from Mrs. Aldwinkle...
...Harkness Tower and the Quadrangle?" gasps a freshman fresh from Cactus Plant, Arizona. "That's something like a college!" The critic is assertive and confident in his judgment. He has often heard the Yard spoken of as a salad of monstrosities, and just as often has heard Harkness Tower praised as the finest college building in America...