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...great preoccupations. Transparency is one of his bywords. Paradox is another. Again and again he toys with the idea of buildings that seem to dematerialize, that play hide and seek as you approach them. One of his most influential designs was for an unbuilt skyscraper in Paris, the Endless Tower. Envisioned as a structure rising to over 1300 ft. (400 m.), its surface would shift to ever lighter materials, from granite to aluminum to stainless steel and finally glass, appearing to disappear as it ascended into...
...expected back in London over this Easter weekend, as a private tourist, accompanied by his wife. If he does stand in line for attractions such as the Tower or the giant wheel known as the London Eye, he's unlikely to be pestered by many Britons. Although gripped by the battle for the Democratic nomination, public interest in the Republican's presumptive nominee seems low. That was reflected in comparatively small numbers of journalists waiting for him at Downing Street. As McCain climbed into his car after the press conference there, a well-known political correspondent dusted herself down after...
...Ivory Tower mentality is more pronounced now than it was when I started graduate school, and I think that’s unfortunate,” Walt said. “If we spend all this time learning how international politics supposedly works and learning about these issues and then remain silent...when the issues of the day are issues that we are supposedly expert on, it’s both regrettable and irresponsible...
...Because of the draft, the embrace of the Ivory Tower was more difficult in the 1960s and 1970s, Skocpol said...
...Pencz, a joint government and economics concentrator, has goals for the future that rest far from the liberal arts education he came to Harvard to pursue: his dream is a job in finance. Because of that, Pencz sees liberal arts differently than those who seek careers in the Ivory Tower. “I view [the liberal arts] as a great continuation of the broad high school education where you just go in depth in many different fields, from many different angles, and in a lot of different topics,” Pencz says...