Word: tower
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...completed, the 85,000-seat Olympic Stadium already needs repairs. Workers have begun reinforcing the girders, beams, columns and trusses at the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. The stadium's designers and an outside consultant began reviewing construction of the $230 million arena after a light tower collapsed last March, killing a worker. "It's a belt and suspenders thing," says engineer Antranij Ouzoonian, explaining the work on the stadium. "If you have a belt, you're O.K.; if you add suspenders, you're better...
Indeed, Rudenstine brings forth many of the same points about diversity, affirmative action in admissions, the validity of test scores and the duty of the University that were raised by Bok 15 years ago in his book Beyond the Ivory Tower: Social Responsibilities of the Modern University...
...should never make more than 20 times the average salary of a company's employees, the ratio has escalated radically in recent years. In a sample of 292 FORTUNE 500 companies, the ratio was 143 to 1 in 1992 and is now approaching 185 to 1. Says Tower Perrin's Davis: "The gap is growing. There is absolutely no question that you are seeing stark differences...
Maloney helps make the issues dealt with in "Ivory Tower" more true to form, says Dixon, adding realistic details about emotional motivation and consequences...
...Maloney, she hopes to continue her collaboration with "Ivory Tower" as long as she's here, using the three episodes in which she was consulted to further her work at the Schumann Endowment...