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  • n  position at right angles to the horizon

  • Such are the conundrums raised by a company that has attained the radical verticality that Amazon has: when it comes to e-books, Amazon doesn't just sell them; it practically owns .
  • The figures are arabesques, coiling, jammed together, recognizable as figures because of their verticality but lacking most identifiable signs of the human body.
  • Smith was not in the business of making large iron dolls, and it may be, as various critics have pointed out, that the usual verticality of his sculptures encourages one to read .
News & Articles

  • California islands: The bird paradise of the Farallons
    SAN FRANCISCO – The Salty Lady pitched and rolled, reared up to unsettling verticality and slammed down with a percussive thud. Again and again, literally ad nauseam, the boat was tossed by 30-knot winds and the rhythmic swelling of the waves, the Pacific anything but on this day.
    June 13, 2013 - The Sacramento Bee
  • IMPRESSIONS: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Impressions
    You guys. This Link to the Past sequel is pretty rad. (UPDATE: Now with video!) The demo for the Legend of Zelda 3DS game, now called The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, is largely the same as the demo we played a few months ago, with the dungeon showing off the verticality of this 3D experience. The only difference was that we were able to explore the overworld this time. read more...
    June 12, 2013 - Nintendo World Report
Quotes

  • Ambika Soni in Thaindian.com (blog)
    Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni told the Rajya Sabha: "The Survey of India conducted geodetic survey of Qutub Minar in 2005 at the behest of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to study its verticality. In its report submitted last...
  • Richard Price in Philadelphia Inquirer
    Simon told Price that The Wire was inspired by Clockers, but Price says that unlike the series, "There was not a lot of verticality to my book. I kept it right at street level. But David and his partner Ed Burns, they took it all the way [up] to the...
  • JJ Redick in ESPN
    It's really demoralizing because people try to attack him,Redick said. "It's not like he's coming over from the help side. They go right at him. They try to bait him into fouls. He's so good with his point of verticality and his timing."

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