Word: walling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...blocked-off streets, Rome's citizens let out a noise that could be heard distinctly above the traffic's roar. Tunneling for one underpass, charged critics, would irretrievably weaken the 16th century gate at the Piazza del Popolo, as well as whole sections of the city wall built by the Emperor Aurelian (A.D. 270-275). "Our trees are being slaughtered," added Columnist Indro Montanelli. "because they have neither voices nor votes. We are being drowned in a wave of cement...
...decor is traditionally Spanish black and white. The floor is black and white tile, the walls are white stucco. A mural maintaining the black and white motif will eventually fill one wall. The room is discreetly well lit, and the limited number of tables avoids the danger of overcrowding...
When he retired as University Professor, Pound began looking for new ways to keep busy. He went to China, where he advised the Ministers of Education and Justice for three years. Yesterday, he proudly pointed to two impressive documents on the wall of his office which testified in Chinese to his usefulness to the people of China...
Pound traced the path of his career around his office wall. "After that, I went to the University of California at Los Angeles, where I taught for three years, and then I became Tagore Professor of Law in India, at Calcutta University. Then, the Law School was good enough to offer me my quarters here. I am on a grant-in-aid that enables me to write and speak...
...down, "blood capsules" fired from compressed air guns splatter against Plexiglas plates hidden beneath the victim's clothing. There are special bullets filled with flaked aluminum to simulate shattering glass; others are packed with a sticky powder to make telltale puffs of dust when they ricochet off a wall...