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...The Eisenhower is just a bit above street level with somewhat larger than life sculptures. It sits on 4 acres of a nondescript street near the National Mall and the Air and Space Museum. Modern and clean, with geometrical shapes, it's designed by star architect Frank Gehry.
"To be creating something that has so much gravitas for the world — whew! In the end it's a great honor to be part of it," Gehry says...
艾森豪威爾（Eisenhower）僅比街道高一點，雕塑比實際體型要大一些。 它坐落在國家廣場 (National Mall)中心和航空博物館附近的一條4英畝的不起眼的街道上。 它由明星建築師弗蘭克·蓋里（Frank Gehry）設計，幾何形狀，既現代又乾淨。
蓋里說：“創造出對世界如此莊嚴的東西–哇！最後成為此專案的一員，榮幸之至。”
He added: “Here the wearisome traits of much contemporary art, its honking rhetoric, its unconvincing urgency, its arid ‘appropriations’ of motifs, are left at the door, and the slow-surfacing complexities of mature, articulate painting greet the eye.”
Kennedy later cut a forlorn figure, no longer in such great demand for television and regarded as someone who had been succeeded by a younger generation and yet was now not regarded as having the gravitas of a senior statesman.
Germany’s Campaign Gravitates Toward Center
By ALISON SMALE
Germany’s inclination toward consensus could yield something nearly unfathomable anywhere else: a power-sharing pact between the parties of the left and right.
His speech was followed by polite questions from industry executives that only briefly touched upon a perennially sore point: whether the use of headlines and snippets of newspaper stories on Google News is “fair use” under copyright law or a misappropriation of newspaper content.
Chrome OS is also trying to redefine the idea of what a computer operating system should be. In a blog post Tuesday night, Google said the operating system would have the ability to boot up and let users get online in just seconds and new security features, addressing sore points for some users of PCs that run Microsoft Windows. Google is also betting customers will gravitate toward online software that requires an Internet connection, as opposed to conventional PC programs that are downloaded and installed.
perennial (TIME)
adjective
lasting a very long time, or happening repeatedly or all the time:
The film 'White Christmas' is a perennial favourite.
We face the perennial problem of not having enough money.
Compare annual (EVERY YEAR); biennial.
perennially
adverb
She seems to be perennially short of money.
Idioms: sore point, a
A sensitive or annoying issue, as in Don't mention diets to Elsie; it's a sore point with her. This idiom was first recorded as a sore place in 1690.
gravitate
Pronunciation: /ˈgravɪteɪt/
verbOrigin:
mid 17th century: from modern Latin gravitat-, from the verb gravitare, from Latin gravitas 'weight'gravitas
Pronunciation: /ˈɡravɪtas/ /ˈɡravɪtɑːs/
Definition of gravitas in English:
noun
Origin
Latin, from gravis 'serious'.
Senate Appropriations Committee
米国上院歳出委員会
appropriation noun [C or U] (SUM OF MONEY)
formal
[ often plural ] The foundation was promised a seven percent increase to bring its appropriations to $2.07 billion.
misappropriate
verb [T] FORMAL
to steal something that you have been trusted to take care of and use it for your own benefit:
He is accused of misappropriating $30 000 to pay off gambling debts.
misappropriation
noun [U] FORMAL
He was charged with forgery, embezzlement and misappropriation of union funds.
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