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Top Ten Tallest Completed Building Projects, 2006
Building name/location Height (m/ft) Stories Use 1. Nina Tower 1, Hong Kong 319/1,046 80 Mixed 2. Aspire…Top Ten Tallest Completed Building Projects, 2008
.This table provides information about completed buildings in 2008 that are fully clad and either "open for business" or at least partially occupied.. Building name/location…reclamation of land
(Encyclopedia) reclamation of land, practice of converting land deemed unproductive into arable land by such methods as irrigation, drainage, flood control, altering the texture and mineral and…Layton
(Encyclopedia) Layton, city (1990 pop. 41,784), Davis co., N Utah, between the Wasatch Range and Great Salt Lake. In an irrigated farm area served by the Weber basin project, it produces fruits and…Ericht, Loch
(Encyclopedia) Ericht, LochEricht, Lochlŏkh ĕrˈĭkht [key], lake, 15 mi (24 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, Highland and Perth and Kinross, central Scotland. It is drained by the River Ericht. Part…Malheur
(Encyclopedia) MalheurMalheurməl&oobreve;rˈ [key], river, c.165 mi (270 km) long, rising in several branches in the Strawberry Mts., E Oregon. The united stream flows generally NE to the Snake…Manhattan Project National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia) Manhattan Project National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).modello
(Encyclopedia) modellomodellomōdĕlˈlō [key], small plan of a major work presented by Renaissance and baroque artists to the patron who commissioned the work. The modello was intended to show the…Australian Alps
(Encyclopedia) Australian Alps, chain of mountain ranges, SE Australia, in the state of Victoria and New South Wales, making up the southern part of the Eastern Highlands and forming the watershed…Astell, Mary
(Encyclopedia) Astell, MaryAstell, Maryăsˈtəl [key], 1666–1731, English author and feminist. Her Serious Proposal to the Ladies (2 parts, 1694–97) offered a scheme for a women's college, an idea far…