Word: toweritis
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...nearby Morningside Park, where they proceeded to gave their speeches outdoors. What symbolism! Forget the fact that affirmative action may be quite popular in Morningside Heights; the fact is, the liberals drove the conservatives off their sacred space and out into the public domain. The liberals secured the ivory tower for themselves and left the city--and the masses--to the conservatives. When they most needed to be convincing the people, the liberals fled toward one another...
...world travel: let's see it faster; let's have it newer; let's not have to go far from home to visit it. Here's a suggestion to my fellow Americans: Go take a stroll along the shores of the real Lake Como, stand beneath the real Eiffel Tower-- and as a bonus, you won't have to have the constant ringing of noisy slot machines in your ears. JIM KERR Del Mar, Calif...
...over the world, represented the idea of interaction, particularly symbolic when one considers that the Potsdamer Platz was famous as a site of intolerance. Already the praise is rolling in: Architecture Record said that Piano "single-handedly recaptured the long-lost romance of the skyscraper" with the Debis Tower that anchors the project. At no point, however, was the audience allowed to forget the details, as Piano often went into specifics, such as how the engineering of the Debis Tower allowed air conditioning to be optional (a remarkable feat for a skyscraper) and allowed each person in the building control...
...around the world, attending concerts all over Europe. "I still worship Bono. When I was younger, he seemed larger than life and I thought he was gorgeous when I was a kid. When the Greatest Hits came out a couple weeks ago, I lined up in front of Tower Records in the Square at midnight." In addition to Bono's looks, U2's continued popularity is largely due to their ability to change with the times--and to make a political statement. And although most political figures have no sex appeal, revolutionaries have a distinct allure. "Che Guevera...
...your girl's birthday, have a warmly-appreciated, old school lyricist make a comeback with the strength of your illegimate son Hercules. Forget her probable conception of Eternity: in the day-to-day digs through the crates--or the racks at Tower--there are few musical phenomena that bring more smiles than a well-liked rhymer who comes back with skills out his ass. De La's Trugoy managed it in Stakes is High, as does Lord Jamar in Brand Nubian's newest, Foundation...