Word: towered
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...pristine peak from unsightly antennas, agreed to buy it for $2.5 million last summer. In the town-by-town battle between improving cell-phone coverage and preserving precious skylines, few places have had the resolve--not to mention the resources--of Mount Watatic's neighbors. But such aversion to tower building is becoming the norm in cities and suburbs across the country. From Lakeland, Fla., to Winnetka, Ill., more and more communities are demanding some sort of antenna concealment. Even Microsoft's tech-friendly hometown, Redmond, Wash., requires that new towers be camouflaged in residential areas...
...ninth floor of the Seef Tower in Manama, the small, opulent capital of Bahrain, the Noriba Bank offers its well-heeled clientele a wide range of financial services, from portfolio management to leasing. From its offices you can see the city's famous Al Fateh mosque. The proximity is significant, because even though Noriba, which opened in September, is wholly owned by Switzerland's largest bank, UBS Group, it is the only Western bank in the Gulf that insists that all of its services adhere to the strict letter of Islamic law, known as Shari'a. Compliance is neither easy...
Fred Smith isn’t shy: he portrayed a horny slave in the play “Buck” last semester and got naked for Adams House Pool Theater crowds. When FM stopped by his room on the 10th floor of Leverett G Tower, he wasn’t dressed, but insisted that we come on in, revealing a firm back, broad shoulders and 0 percent body...
...even though Black Friday has passed, there’s still plenty of time to pay full price for holiday gifts. Feel free to steal my ideas, though I must warn you—Tower Records is already sold out of “Hot Rocks...
...events like those of Sept. 11, although they change the structure of our government and inspire much philosophizing, can never prepare us to accept another disaster; another disaster would find us as terrified, and as bewildered at our terror, as I was at the top of that tower. We say we are changed, and I hope we never learn how mistaken...