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building and shook
He enjoyed showing off its capability by demonstrating how it could first break an egg placed in a wine glass, without breaking the glass, which was followed by a full-force blow which shook the building.
In 1881, Berkman's school lessons were interrupted when the bomb blast that killed Tsar Alexander II shook the building.
Then a chorus of hoots and denunciations shook the building.

building and setting
Another small oil on parchment, Danube Landscape with Castle Wörth ( c. 1520 ) is one of the earliest accurate topographical paintings of a particular building in its setting, of a type that was to become a cliché in later centuries.
The locals got their revenge by setting fire to the new building, destroying its contents and in the process killing the three lay brothers who occupied it.
But in the early 1930s it was soon discovered that, while Portland cement had a faster setting time it was not as durable, especially for highways, to the point that some states stopped building highways and roads with cement.
In her article for Atlantic Monthly about Skull and Bones, Alexandra Robbins alleges that the gravestone of Elihu Yale was stolen years ago from its proper setting in Wrexham, and is displayed in a glass case, in a room with purple walls, which belongs to a building called the Tomb of the Skull and Bones at Yale University.
: The SFX Assistants carry out the instructions of the Special Effects Supervisor, building set pieces like breakaway furniture and cities in miniature, lighting pyrotechnics, and setting up rigging equipment for stunts.
This setting of the novel, a castle or religious building, often one fallen into disrepair, was an essential element of the Gothic novel.
The major part of the action in the Romance of the Forest is set in an abandoned and ruined abbey and the building itself served as a moral lesson, as well as a major setting for and mirror of the action in the novel.
While the original game took place in a nondescript building, the sequels transposed the action to a polar setting and a desert island.
While Ohio refused to cede its claim, Michigan quietly occupied it for the next several years, setting up local governments, building roads, and collecting taxes throughout the area.
This portion of the building was used as the setting for the popular television show The West Wing.
The building has been featured in such media references as the 2007 film Sivaji: The Boss, in which it is the setting for the song Style, composed by A. R.
Most of Petts Wood was built in the early 20th Century by the developer Basil Scruby together with Master builder, Noel Rees, as a high quality estate in a rural setting only a short train journey from the city, with the east side being built first: it is often quoted in sociological textboooks as a classic piece of 1920s town planning, as the first building in place was the station, and the rest of the town developed from there.
Dedicated in 2009, the new galleries building adjoins the new Kahler Terrace providing an outdoor setting for community events.
The palace is a Grade I listed building in a wooded, rural setting and includes a gatehouse, stables, a brewhouse and brewster's cottage.
The building is the setting for the famous Lunchtime atop a Skyscraper photograph, taken by Charles C. Ebbets in 1932 of workers having lunch, sitting on a steel beam, without safety harnesses.
The plaza and a neighboring building are the main setting for rock & roll comedy Airheads, and the lobby is featured in the opening scene of Speed.
Prior to wireless networks, setting up a computer network in a business, home or school often required running many cables through walls and ceilings in order to deliver network access to all of the network-enabled devices in the building.
As Arab power in the Mediterranean began to wane, the Italian trading towns of Genoa, Pisa, and Venice stepped in to seize the opportunity, setting up commercial networks and building navies to protect them.
Instead of setting throughput at a fixed air replacement rate, carbon dioxide sensors are used to control the rate dynamically, based on the emissions of actual building occupants.
In 2011, Jimmy Deenihan, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, wrote to the bank setting out proposals to acquire the building as a venue for the state to use as a cultural venue and requesting a meeting with the bank's Governor.
Ofwat is primarily responsible for setting limits on the prices charged for water and sewerage services, taking into account proposed capital investment schemes ( such as building new wastewater treatment works ) and expected operational efficiency gains.
The legislature passed government-sponsored legislation setting out a framework for new railways in 1907, but interest from private firms in actually building the lines was limited.
In design planning and vision it represents an entirely new approach to retailing, setting standards for the sixties that will revolutionise shopping concepts throughout Britain .” However when it opened, budget restrictions had meant that the proportions and finishes of the building had had to be scaled down and only 29 out of a possible 120 shops were trading.
This beautiful building is also the setting for the renowned opera, Carmen, by Bizet.

building and lantern
Two men, one holding a lit lantern and the other with his left hand raised and a sword in his right hand, stand in the center, facing the doorway of a stone building to the right.
A roof lantern is a multi-paned glass structure, resembling a small building, built on a roof for day or moon light.
Some local historians suggest that the building was to have a spire built on the top of the lantern after the planned construction of more adjoining chapels were completed, but further extension work was made impossible by political changes that were starting to occur in England.
The structure was made distinctive by a lead-covered dome with cupola lantern and weathervane which housed some of the lift equipment ; the main part of the building was of red brick.
The building of the cathedral had started in 1296 with the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was completed in 1469 with the placing of Verrochio's copper ball atop the lantern.
The architect was C Evans Vaughan, and it was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as a " nice irregular brick building with Tudor windows and lantern ".
A major renovation of all parts of the building began in 2004 and was completed in 2010, including a lighter-weight glass " lantern " taking the place of the tower removed in 1915.
The newly renovated museum re-opened again on 22 May 2010, and the lantern structure was christened the " Queens ' Lantern " in honour of both Elizabeth II, who visited the building on her 2010 royal tour, and Queen Victoria.
Here also stands an interesting towering building called the Tower of Lloyd, which is an 18th century lighthouse folly in the form of a giant Doric column, surmounted by glazed lantern, erected to the memory of Thomas Taylor, 1st Earl of Bective, by his son.
Application for a light here was first made in 1816 by Lt. Thomas Evans R. N., but several other applications made in 1820 finally resulted in the building of the tower by Trinity House in 1821 at a cost of £ 5, 470 12s 6d plus a further £ 2, 950 16s 7d for the lantern.
A false belfry, reminiscent of the lantern on top of the United States Capitol building, is located on top of the outer dome.
Alterations during the early 18th century included the construction of a captain's lodging house within the ward eastern side, the conversion of many of the gun ports of the citadel into casement windows and the building of a wooden lantern, which contains a bell dated 1655, on top of the central tower.
Each corner of the building is canted and has a tall hexagonal turret that is topped by a stone cupola, which would have originally been crowned by a lantern.
The exterior of the building was meant to mimic the lantern of Aladdin.
The building is dominated by a large copper dome, that originally had an open lantern that was topped by a statue.
As was typical, the Elizabethan house was originally dominated by its Great Hall, which rose the full height of the building and was top-lit by a lantern.
The building was topped off by an octagonal roof lantern which became known locally as ' the lighthouse '.
This building, ‘ an outstanding example of Victorian architectural exuberance, with towers and turrets deployed around a giant dome in diameter surmounted by a lantern above the ground ’, dominated Sydney ’ s skyline and covered over two hectares.
Measuring time became much more accurate but most clockmakers kept building lantern clocks without minute hands: this maybe just a matter of tradition.
The globe on the dome's lantern was enhanced and emphasized by two monumental sculptures by Breker, each 15 metres high, which flanked the north façade of the building: at its west end Atlas supporting the heavens, at its east end Tellus supporting the Earth.
The cathedral was named the tallest building ( the lantern tower with the cast iron spire of the 19th century ) in the world ( 151 m ) from 1876 to 1880.
Seven bombs fell on the building, narrowly missing destroying a key pillar of the lantern tower, but damaging much of the south aisle and destroying two rose windows.

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