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Word: towered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...storm-tossed landing was a disaster. The plane skidded wildly, at one point rotating 150[degrees]. It slid off the end of the runway, broadsiding a steel tower that held landing lights. When the plane finally came to rest on a bank of the Arkansas River, it had split in three, and a fire had broken out near its left wing. As it erupted in flames, passengers fled for their lives. Nine people, including veteran pilot Captain Richard Buschmann, died--the first fatalities on a major U.S. airline in nearly a year and a half--and 83 were injured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skidding To Disaster | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

Power sees "the beautifully restored Memorial Hall tower ruling over Harvard because William James has long since been demolished," describing the tower as "oasis in the Charles River basin, which is now much, much larger due to the effects of global warming...

Author: By Jason M. Goins and Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Harvard 2100 | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

Power sees "the beautifully restored MemorialHall tower ruling over Harvard because WilliamJames has long since been demolished," describingthe tower as an "oasis in the Charles River basin,which is now much, much larger due to the effectsof global warming...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: `I See Water' | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

Harvard has pledged to renovate Widener Library, Harvard Hall, Holden Chapel and University Hall, rebuild the clock tower atop Memorial Hall, construct a home for its newly inaugurated center for Genomics and Proteomics, and revising its plans for the Knafel Center for the Social Sciences...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Moneybags: Harvard Buys and Builds as Capital Campaign Nears End | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...Clock tower of Memorial Hall destroyed in fire...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Timeline | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

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