Word: woodenness
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Reich started out with a joke, as he pulled out a wooden step to stand...
...shot seven previous People of the Year--wanted to set up on the roof of Rockefeller Center's General Electric Building. Unfortunately, the roof has been closed for years, insurance problems proliferated, and the weather would not cooperate. Heisler, at left, in hat, finally prevailed and built a wooden platform leading to a ledge hundreds of feet above the street. "Some of the mayor's security people were nervous for him," says Heisler. "But he just yelled, 'Wow!' and bounded up to hit his mark...
...glimpse of the hole, the office reversed its policy. The tarp came down, the fences were moved a few blocks closer, and police and the National Guard were told to guide tourists to the best vantage points. The OEM is building three 40-ft.-wide raised wooden viewing stations around the site that can accommodate 400 tourists at a time. "This is the 21st century Gettysburg," Sheirer says. "There is a need for people...
...given time, 1,000 people work inside the "red zone"--the area of devastation still off limits to the public. Workers there have put up a Christmas tree and an iron cross found in the wreckage; the New York Board of Rabbis erected a Star of David. A wooden platform used as a viewing station for families of the victims is covered with messages they have written with felt pens...
Toys don't get much more classic than Lincoln Logs: interlocking brown wooden pieces that kids since 1916 have used to build frontier cabins and fences. Under manufacturer Hasbro, Lincoln Logs languished in recent decades. But three years ago, a small company based in Hatfield, Pa., called K'Nex, licensed the brand and found ways to push it into stores. Ever since, the toys have been tumbling into shoppers' carts. With $50 million in sales this year, they're more popular than ever...