Word: venturi
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...biggest coups were scored by Harvard's two individual champions. While Rechul had relatively little trouble taking care of the competition, Picarsic claimed his title in slightly more dramatic fashion, going to overtime against Princeton's Juan Venturi...
With the match tied at 7-7 in the waning moments of regulation, Venturi earned a takedown of Matt Picarsic to gain a late two-point edge. Picarsic, however, was able to escape, and he received the match-tying point when Venturi was whistled by the referee for stalling...
...Venturi] had gained a lot of momentum," Picarsic said. "The call by the ref helped me out, and I was able to regroup. Overtime gave me a second life...
...architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown say this is merely a return to the venerable practice of covering buildings with words and pictures. Egyptian temples were a billboard of hieroglyphics. Byzantine churches were spread over with huge gilded mosaics, the Jumbotrons of the 10th century. "Times Square is the place of now and the place of the future," says Venturi. "An environment that is sparkling, decorative and information-giving." They predict that such public buildings as schools and courthouses will increasingly borrow the features of commercial buildings, like neon signage and shop-window fronts...