Word: towerism
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...eager rabbits started contemplating ideas for Spring Formal, the idea of holding it at Top of the Hub, at the zenith of the Prudential Tower--“the premiere location in Boston" according to one Leverett resident--quickly gained attention and popularity...
Fewer Bentleys cruise the streets of Moscow these days, sushi sales are down, and construction on Europe's tallest tower has halted for lack of money. For fashionistas at the opening of the 18th annual Russian Fashion Week on Sunday, the most potent sign of the times was the sight of people wearing last year's styles. "Even the very rich aren't just going out and buying anymore," says Tatyana Ageyeva, a buyer who has worked for élite labels like Kenzo and Hugo Boss for nearly a decade. "Before, the wealthy would buy expensive things because they didn...
...villagers tell me, but none has been paid so far. So the impoverished residents of Mee Laung Yaw village, who lack electricity and eat eggplant curry as a poor substitute for meat, spend their days gazing at their expropriated fields, now fenced in and dominated by an oil-exploration tower that dwarfs their bamboo shacks. Several villagers took lowly construction jobs on the site but they were never paid so they've stopped showing up for work. "I hope they don't find any oil," says village chief Aye Thein Tun. "Because even if they do, none of it will...
Such concerns have been voiced before. A former Cabot House resident, Allegra J.S. Lichauco ’08, pushed for Cingular Wireless to improve cell phone service in the fall of 2005. More recently, Hayward said he spearheaded a move to install a small cellphone tower in the quad, which would enhance the quality of reception for students with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon phones...
...their residence more often than most Masters. They live in a palatial penthouse suite atop New Quincy, complete with a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington, RockBand, and a deck that spans half the length of the building, offering views of Cambridge and Boston only rivaled by Mather Tower. A true opiate of the masses—all Adamsian jealousy seeps from your mind upon experiencing the master suite...