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...site tracked the whereabouts of those who were in line to succeed the President. Had the U.S. come under threat of attack, the Cabinet Secretaries and Supreme Court Justices -- and, depending on the threat, the President himself -- were to be airlifted here. On approaching the facility, the helipad tower would answer, "Bluegrass Tower." Before they could be admitted past the facility's 6-ft.-thick steel "blast gate," officials would have to show their special ID cards. If they arrived after a nuclear attack, they would be checked for radiation. Anyone who was radioactive would trigger a series of sensors...
...land behind Wright's museum, Gwathmey Siegel would build the Guggenheim an addition. Ever since, the firm has been accused by a slightly hysterical mandarin consensus of desecrating the Guggenheim, of wanting to make a toothpick from a piece of the True Cross; the first design, a huge tower that brazenly cantilevered a pale green box out over Wright, was rejected...
...reach a faculty member if you want. You can have an intellectual discussion with a graduate student. But students often have to climb a lot of stairs to get to even the mid-levels of the Ivory Tower. It's easy to decide that the tiring trudge just isn't worthwhile...
...wonder about its origins, but never learn the truth. Crimson Key tour guides may mention the lion-turtle (actually a dragon), but tend to concentrate on more mundane tales of John Harvard and the "statue of three lies." The history of Harvard's buildings--the exterior of the Ivory Tower--is all too often lost among the cliches...
...almost like visiting an amusement park. HMV's dungeonesque foyer boasts a television wall pulsing with non-stop videos. Inside you can listen to new albums on headsets. There's even an in-house dee-jay perched in an elevated glass "WHMV" booth at the back of the store. Tower rivals these delights with its touch-screen directories that instantly locate obscure titles. Recycling bins for CD cases and wrappers appease the ecologically-minded...