Word: towers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...facade and frustrated scholars, who did manage to get at its 2 million books, decorated the library's walls with terse commentary on the elevators that didn't work, the roof that leaked, and the books that were lost in the shuffling back and forth between libraries when the tower was closed...
Even its billing in the Guiness Book of World Records as the world's tallest library was disputed by the University of Texas, which claimed that its 307-foot high tower, which houses administrative offices as well as books, is 11 feet taller...
...goddess whose coloring you craved when you both were working on 25-page seminar papers last winter. Body Bronze attributes "at least 35 percent" of its business to Harvard tanners, while Tanorama's Square outlet claims it gets at least 80 percent of its business from the Ivory Tower. Geeking away in Lamont may leave you doughy, but these places provide a way to gain a savage tan as you shoot for a summa cum laude...
...days after Commencement, the activists voted to remove the wood-and-garbage-bag structures since they did not have enough people to guard the shanties through the summer months. The group left the Ivory Tower and one of the larger structures, which they had used as a lecture hall, standing because they were too bulky to remove...
David Letterman, late-night comedian. Imagine Stupid Overseer Tricks or Deans You Want to See Dropped from a Five Story Tower. Paul Shaffer could shape up the band (and maybe write a hip version of 10,000 Men of Harvard), Marv Albert could hand out the Albert Tenure Achievement Awards and Chris Elliot could play the Dean-of-Students...