| 单词 | fortress |
| 例句 | A blustery dawn was breaking over the basalt fortress as the intention craft flew in from the south. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Then she could kill us before we even step foot in her fortress,” Kaede said. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Okay, so were up against an armored fortress, with how many knucklehead-riding guards did you say, Mapper?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In the past, Taisin had seen the fortress clearly; when she awoke, she remembered. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was flying low, very low, from the fortress. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She wondered if there was something wrong with herself, for ever since leaving the fortress of ice, she saw everything through a film of ashes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Over the waves they saw cliffs of stone rise like a great fortress. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He clapped his hands together, and a jagged spire of rock the size of an eighteen-wheeler erupted from the ground right in front of the fortress. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z My bedroom became my fortress against the squabbling girls, a hideaway where I could be alone with my thoughts. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “I hear you,” she said, and drew her legs in still closer to her, as a fortress draws up its bridge before the siege. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Various walls and battlements, in pieces and all but gone, spoke of past fortresses. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “The fortress at La Cite, sir. We are evacuating. Leaving everything. We still hold the chateau and the Bastion de la Hollande. All other personnel are to fall back.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then and earlier, therefore, it would have been safer for her not to be hated by her people than to have had the fortresses. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z They had a very long way to go still, but they flew without pause except for essential maintenance, and the commander, the Afric King Ogunwe, kept in twice-daily touch with the basalt fortress. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A couple of campers rushed out of the fortress, carrying a girl on a stretcher. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Here were the ruins of long-abandoned villages and fortresses, and the fruit and vegetable fields that supplied the city. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It was an expedition like that of an army without weapons against an impregnable fortress, an army which at the same time had its hands tied behind its back. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the all-purpose solution, Washington was now the still-potent problem, a kind of Trojan horse planted squarely in the Virginia fortress. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The perfect place, a little fortress where a soldier can get some R & R. I'm headed for one of those soundproof listening rooms. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun had shifted round, and the myriad windows of the Ministry of Truth, with the light no longer shining on them, looked grim as the loopholes of a fortress. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The fortress stood on a high bluff on a sharp curve of the river about 50 miles north of New York City. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the blood of the dragon would ever know the secrets of the fortress the Dragonlords had built, he vowed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Built entirely of stone, it seemed a fortress, a castle at the crossroads, with sparkling glass windows and a high, peaked roof. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z This new structure was a one- story rectangular stone fortress with a flat cement courtyard in the center, about one hundred feet by thirty feet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The city’s fortress walls were so plain, so blank, and then he would go through a gate—and everywhere, Werfel thought joyously, everywhere there was life. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Inside, the fortress bustled with activity: dozens of kids going to and from barracks, carrying weapons, polishing armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z There was a causeway leading from the shore into the fortress, and at the end of it she could see doors. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Their droppings speckled the gargoyles that rose twelve feet tall on either side of him, a hellhound and a wyvem, two of the thousand that brooded over the walls of the ancient fortress. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Queen said, “I believe she has built a fortress for herself in the north.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z So she lifted and lowered the oar, watching the icy water fall in clear droplets from the blade, and soon the fortress loomed large ahead of her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z To speak was to open a door into his carefully built fortress, and anything might rush inside. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lord Asriel sent a force under King Ogunwe to rescue you and the boy and bring you both to his fortress. We are here to help.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The great hall of the fortress swirled with action, and from our vantage point we could see it all. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Good work, mice, strengthen my gates. I wouldn’t want to rule a fortress with broken doors.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The engineers had built a stone fortress with an iron portcullis, guard towers, scorpion ballistae, water cannons, and no doubt many other nasty surprises for the defenders to use. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She jerked on the floor of Mona’s cottage, and in the fortress the woman snarled at the baby and threw it, hard, against the edge of the cradle. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Like one who digs a tunnel beneath a fortress, I would undermine his revenge, not aid it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Over the past four weeks, the hotel has become something else: a fortress. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Hunger sharpened her skills, and Frightful was upon it before it reached the fortress. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z According to the manual, a criminal’s secret becomes an “enemy” within him and “weakens the whole fortress of his strength.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Is that how—why I have seen so much of her fortress?” she demanded. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The ants who had filled their crops to the brim were walking back to the inner fortress, to be replaced by a procession of empty ants who were coming from the same direction. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then you will go to the fortress,” Taisin said, “and I will stay here with Con. And when you need my help, I will be there with you.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The Foster women had made a fortress out of duty. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Our ancestors and those who were considered wise used to say that it was necessary to hold Pistoia by factions and Pisa by fortresses. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Madoc gives me puzzles—twelve goblin knights to storm a fortress, nine untrained Gentry to defend one—and then asks for my answers each evening after dinner. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There were no castles, dungeons, or orbiting space fortresses for my avatar to raid. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Besides, they’re very convenient, for I’m always getting lost in this big fortress, and all I have to do is listen for them and then I know exactly where I am.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z It was at that time that they built a fortress of reinforced concrete over the faded tomb of José Arcadio, so that the corpse's smell of powder would not contaminate the waters. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The jail resembled a fortress, with barred windows and cold stone passageways and tiered cells. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z By eleven o’clock in the morning, Werfel had walked up to Ghohg’s fortress in the center of Tenebrion to wait for his elfin guest. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “This place is a fortress. Nothing in the known or supernatural world could harm it.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She tried to imagine a fortress like the Night Zoo, high mudbrick walls all around her mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Suppose you wanted to scale the walls of a fortress which was on the other side of a river. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It looked nothing like the foreboding, cliff-ringed fortress I had first laid eyes upon a few weeks ago; now it seemed fragile, a shard of rock in danger of being washed away by the waves. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The sun was still high and he was dimly aware of a hill with a tall, gray fortress looming at its crest. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Looming and bleak, folded in mist, guarded by a million screeching birds, it looked like some ancient fortress constructed by giants. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z They sheltered no life upon that plain, for all their power, without a fortress wall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The mall was built like a fortress around a huge, two-story enclosed street, where store succeeded store, as far as you could see. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a kind of boot camp, training young minds in the use of theological weaponry against the fortress of Roman Catholicism. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Capricorn’s village loomed over them like a fortress. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I ran as fast as I’ve ever run, straight out of the fortress. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There before her in her mind’s eye was a fortress rising up from the frigid sea like a mountain of snow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She wanted to return to the iron-bound fortress and ask her teachers, directly, for the truth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But she could also feel the cold breath of winter on her face, and she could see the fortress of ice again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She sank into it and slept so soundly that for the first time in weeks, she did not dream of the fortress. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She thought of him coming to champion her, confident, unruffled, those wide dependable shoulders like a fortress between her and the angry face of Goodwife Cruff. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Harren and all his line had perished in the fires that engulfed his monstrous fortress, and every house that held Harrenhal since had come to misfortune. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Alby had made it clear they could take no chances: they’d make the Homestead their fortress, and must do whatever it took to defend it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Over the years I’d heard many rumors about my parents: that they were millionaires, that they were building a fortress on the mountain, that they had hidden away enough food to last decades. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “The fortress is surrounded by open sea. I think we would be visible from quite a far distance.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The castle-like fortress stretched three whole city blocks along the summit of Dactyl Hill. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The vendor ladies squatted, scowling, resting their chins on their crossed arms, behind fortresses of stacked kola nuts, bundles of fragrant sticks, piles of charcoal, salvaged bottles and cans, or displays of dried animal parts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the tunnels of that island fortress came wind of a horror too great to speak aloud—a whispered litany that would take years to be fully disclosed to the world, and especially to me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And I shall reproach any prince who, trusting in fortresses, considers the hatred of the people to be of little importance. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z She stayed out of the living room, my fortress, and only ventured into the kitchen when she knew I wasn’t there. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z They had explored it and enlarged it, and now Lord Asriel was climbing down into a series of caverns and tunnels extending a long way below the fortress. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The truth he sought might very well be waiting for him on the ancient island fortress of House Targaryen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Tyr and Thor climbed into Thor's chariot, pulled by the goats Snarler and Grinder, and swiftly they traveled to Hymir's enormous fortress. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Beneath this colossal fortress, fires glared and furnaces smoked in the darkness of early dawn, and from many miles away Ruta Skadi heard the clang of hammers and the pounding of great mills. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The dwarfs led Kvasir to their workshop, deep within the walls of their fortress. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z But against Minas Tirith was set another fortress, greater and more strong. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Everywhere she looked, the fortress had the faint blue tinge of ice; even the sunlight seemed less golden than white. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The vision of the ice fortress still clung to her, making this world seem hazy, unreal. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But we spent the night there, turning the pagoda into a little fortress, and then for the next seven or eight days we used the place as a base of operations. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z How were they supposed to take on a whole fortress with no time to plan and barely any kind of team at all? Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It demands great force and great cunning continually to assault the mighty and indifferent fortress of white supremacy, as Negroes in this country have done so long. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z She had been given an extraordinary gift in Elowen’s fortress: a second life. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I said, “but that was a special case because it was a fortress rather than a mountain, anyway. The Austrians had been fortifying it for years.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see Atlas, but I could hear him groaning in the distance, still laboring under the weight of the sky, just beyond the fortress. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A mile away, on the crest of the next hill, a storm had gathered over some old stone ruins—maybe the remains of a Roman temple or a fortress. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Within a few minutes he stood bravely at the fortress door. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z And there in the distance, like a snow-covered mountain erupting from the sea, she saw the fortress of ice, its windows glinting in the light of the rising sun. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It took them close to an hour to accomplish the move, but, sweating and breathing hard, they admired their fortress effect. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Although you may have fortresses, they will not save you if the people hate you, for once the people have taken up arms, they never lack for foreigners who will assist them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I date it—the slow crumbling of my faith, the pulverization of my fortress—from the time, about a year after I had begun to preach, when I began to read again. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z With its high brick walls and the barbed-wire livestock pens surrounding it, it seemed as impenetrable as any fortress. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As though they are noblemen in grandstands viewing fortress warfare in the years of the Crusaders. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Nina tilted her head back to gaze at the high black towers of the fortress known as Hellgate, a dark fist of stone thrusting up from the sea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z More tightly organized and military minded than Tiwanaku, the rulers of Wari stamped out cookie-cutter fortresses and stationed them all along their borders. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She thought of the fortress of ice; she could imagine the walls of it so clearly, the windows bright in the sunlight, the sea all around it deep sapphire blue. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Hades yelled with such rage, the entire fortress shook and I knew it was not going to be a peaceful night in L.A. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Over the next ten minutes, ministers followed the protest of alien nerves in fortresses across the Bonecruel Mountains and the Plateau of Drume. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Architecture, in those dark ages of theirs, was such a light-giving passion of the heart that men gave love-names to their fortresses. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The place where he was seemed like a great field of boulders, with a flattened fortress at one end cf it—between the glass plates. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The sprite emerged from the fortress first, followed by one of the lithe, willowy nymphs with fingers like small branches. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was a long, hard walk through the many tunnels of the fortress, and several times Kaede thought she might have lost her way. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Some have built fortresses; others have torn them down and destroyed them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z —Plutarch Prepared to put up a fight to prevent Cleopatra’s return to power, thirteen-year-old Ptolemy assembled the royal army near Pelusium—a fortress city on the eastern bank of the Nile. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z And, latest of all, those returned who had passed into Mordor and destroyed the fortresses in the north of the land. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Along the plain to the south of the fortress glimmered thousands of lights, marking the camps of those who had arrived from far off. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I scratch the black darker, and darker, and more violent, until there’s nothing but a haze of scribbles, and their fortress sits in a lake of shadow. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They strode up to the fortress gate, seeing no one. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The mash squad were standing in one of the outer chambets of toe fortress like a circle of worshippers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She went to look out the window and saw the sloping shoulder of the fortress, dusted with snow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Behind, and to her left, was the ridge of jagged hills leading up to the fortress. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And not without regret, she turned away from the pull of the starry sky, and far below her, she saw the fortress, a mountain of white snow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Their journey across the ice field took less time than their journey out to the fortress, for the weather remained calm and the sledge was lighter now. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The walls of Hob made a fortress some nights, rescuing them from the feuds and conspiracies. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The dwarfs shrugged, and believed themselves to be extremely clever in their fortress by the sea. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “You and the doctor must come by for an evening of beautiful music when my fortress is repaired.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She told what had happened when she flew up to meet the angels, and then of her journey to Lord Asriel’s fortress. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One ball could punch through a stone fortress wall. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z I realized then and there that I could carry on the fight even within the fortress of the enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the smell of that fortress of ice. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The main building, a fortress of dark brick, was seven stories high, the smokestacks seventeen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Family history, breaking and' entering, weird secrets locked up in a Ivy League fortress,” Neville said. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z There was no dock on this side, only the fortress. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Men who can walk through walls—no vault or fortress will ever be safe again. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The city felt like a fortress, huge and unfriendly. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She formed the name on her lips, asleep in the tower room with Kaede beside her, and she felt the woman in the fortress come alive. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I glanced up at the mountain’s peak, where a black marble fortress loomed, just like I’d seen in my dreams. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The voice of doubt lapped against her, persistent and unabating, but she built her fortress up higher. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Cold seeped through her clothing, into her skin, until she felt the icy floor of the fortress beneath her feet. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Yet ahead to the south in the Weddell Sea, brilliant blue icebergs shone in the polar sun like the walls and ramparts of a fortress. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The royal apartments were in Maegor's Holdfast, a massive Square fortress that nestled in the heart of the Red Keep behind walls twelve feet thick and a dry moat lined with iron spikes, a castle-within-a-castle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They lead me in procession around Lev, weaving a fortress that only I will enter. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Considering all these matters, then, I shall praise both those princes who construct fortresses and those who do not. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z On the highest rampart of the fortress was a tower of adamant: just one flight of steps up to a set of rooms whose windows looked out north, south, east, and west. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They aimed it directly at the thickest part of the fortress wall and packed it full of gunpowder. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z There was victory and defeat; and towers fell, fortresses were burned, and flames went up into the sky. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At night I cradled his head on my lap and read him the Scriptures: The Lord is my rock and my fortress...the horn of my salvation...so shall I be saved from mine enemies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And as expected, we don’t see the reclusive family next door—the McCrackens—who have probably barricaded themselves inside their suburban fortress upon hearing the news. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In those days there were two dark elves who lived in a fortress by the sea. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z People who once held family fortresses against wind and weather, against scourges of frost and drought and insect enemies, now cluster against the busy breast of the big town. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z One crack might not be enough to bring a fortress’s defenses down, but it was enough to splinter into two cracks, and then three, and then four. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It had echoed through the chasm at the heart of the fortress. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z However, the best fortress that exists is not to be hated by the people. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The queen’s eyes gleamed—the way Hannibal the elephant’s did whenever he was unleashed to destroy a fortress. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She was almost surprised that the sun had not already set, for it felt as though she had been inside that fortress for a lifetime. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z With its rising towers, limestone columns, and jutting gables, it resembled a small fortress, as inaccessible as it was foreboding. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Lazlo they regarded with curiosity, and the rest of the strangers as well, once their camels had been brought through the gates into the central plaza of the fortress. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The doors to the fortress were made of some kind of white stone, and in the center of each was a round silver ring hanging from a gleaming hinge. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The image of the ice fortress loomed in her memory, monstrous and beautiful. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If not for the tunnel entrance, this place would make a perfect fortress. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She stood in the ice fortress, her fingers curled into fists, and gazed out the window—yes, this was real glass, hard and unyielding—at the landscape before her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was a fortress surrounded by brass walls. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She set her teeth, top on bottom row, a calcium fortress. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But later on, fortresses were of little value to her when Cesare Borgia attacked her and when her hostile populace joined with the foreigner. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z But it reminded her of the fortress in Jack’s sketchbook, of the place where no one could ever find him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The redbrick armory stood in the distance on Bedford and Atlantic Avenues like a fortress, or as Uncle Darnell would tell us, like a princess’s castle. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z One day they woke as usual, but they did not wake in their fortress. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I ran toward the fortress, my pulse pounding in my ears. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Seen from this perspective, with the stone tower rising up just beyond the dormitory, the buildings gave the impression of a fortress rather than a school. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A natural fortress to protect them from their enemies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They passed the Municipal Trade Bank, a huge, elegant fortress with marble pillars and an iguanodon-mounted guard on either side of the mighty doorway. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The giant Gilling, for example, and his wife: the dwarfs invited them to come and visit their fortress, and one winter’s day they came. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Like a fortress, it seemed designed to repel any attempt to get inside. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The walls of the fortress descended like a mountainside to the ice fields below. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The luxury underground fortress remained operational and ready to receive its political guests until a 1992 expose by Washington Post reporter Ted Gup blew the operation’s cover. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The ice fortress swam into focus almost immediately— she was there again, standing at the window overlooking the beach. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z According to Annabeth, the hill they stood on had once been Sparta’s acropolis - its highest point and main fortress - but it was nothing like the massive Athenian acropolis Piper had seen in her dreams. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Every house was a secret place, a fortress, within which anything might be going on. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Calvin tells me, “I love this fat chair. Nice fortress.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I yanked the laces out of both, so the floppy tongues fell forward like drawbridges coming down out of beat-up, leather, no-named fortresses. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z By now, Taisin recognized parts of the fortress—the long, sloping corridor; the cavernous ceiling hung with icicles sharp as swords; the endless ranks of golden cages. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The outer walls of the fortress glittered black, and the two- story-tall bronze gates stood wide open. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She could see that fortress of ice in her mind’s eye as clearly as if she stood before it in the snow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The fortress was on an island—or perhaps it was simply a particularly large ice floe—and Kaede was rowing toward it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Instead of using the tiny Lego bricks, I had started building with larger ones since I now had so much more space—an entire, huge storage room to build my fantasy fortress. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She told him about the fortress, about the allies, about the angels, about the mines and the foundries. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The White House was a silent, sealed fortress, almost all sound blocked by the thickness of its windows and walls. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Not only had it killed every avatar in the sector, it had even destroyed Castle Anorak, a fortress that, until now, had proven itself to be indestructible. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But when the Japanese took over their island, our enemies made it into another military fortress. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The group’s hotel there “was like a fortress,” recalled Matthew Romain, 30, who plays a variety of secondary roles. London’s Globe Theater Is Winding Up ‘Hamlet’ World Tour 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z This episode goes inside France’s ancient stone fortress of Carcassonne, which Unesco recognized as a World Heritage site 20 years ago. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Wild Castles’ and ‘Gary Owen: I Got My Associates’ 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z America changed from a mighty fortress to an outreaching global imperium. ‘Thomas Hart Benton,’ by Justin Wolff 2012-06-29T22:17:16Z The members’ shows have become walled fortresses of figuration and complacent gestural abstraction. Art Review | '185th Annual': Academy Gives Art Some Wiggle Room 2010-02-19T05:57:00Z Built in 1897, the airy Arts and Crafts style-house bears little resemblance to the gloomy fortress seen in the documentary, when the privet loomed like a green tidal wave. G’night Forever, Little Edie! Grey Gardens Is Empty at Last. 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Palmer Associates, a Beverly Hills real estate company founded by Geoffrey Palmer, represents a generational throwback to the days of L.A.'s worst fortress architecture. Why the Da Vinci fire has L.A. urbanists rethinking downtown's future 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Up in the Casbah, the walled fortress atop the medina, I walked into the Casbah Museum, where I violated one of my rules by studying a wall-size map of ancient Mediterranean trade routes. Lost in Tangier 2010-09-11T09:00:00Z Instead, Mr. Eastwood explores the inner life of a lonely man whose fortress was also his stage. | 'J. Edgar': ?J. Edgar,? Starring Leonardo DiCaprio - Review 2011-11-08T21:02:13Z These fortresses are known for their notoriously brutal conditions — constant fighting, racial tensions and blistering heat. 03 Greedo has spent the last two years in a Texas prison but is still the beating heart of L.A.’s rap scene 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z He served me mint tea, and we silently gazed at the fortress across the street. Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z It’s this stark portrait of a brilliant and in many ways well-intentioned man who is building these larger and larger fortresses around himself, to separate himself from society. George Packer: Don’t CEOs have any shame? 2013-05-26T18:00:00Z This Iron Age stone fortress hangs spectacularly and precariously on the edge of a sheer cliff. Beyond the blockbusters: Discovering remote sites in Europe 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Ms Darke is a journalist and travel writer, and much of her early time in Syria was spent walking its hills and exploring its mosques, churches, monasteries and fortresses. Love story 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z April 19 Aleppo, Syria, to Undergo Historical Restoration In this ancient fortress city in northern Syria, an ambitious restoration project is near completion in the Old City. Hong Kong Rappers to Reunite in Macao 2010-04-20T10:01:00Z It’s actually Cádiz, its blend of seaside fortresses and colorful buildings used as a stand-in for Havana’s Malecón. Cádiz, an Underrated Corner of Spain 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The prison camp in Lewis Run in northwestern Pennsylvania pales by comparison, but is still worlds away from the harsh prison fortresses depicted in the Snipes films "Undisputed" and "Brooklyn's Finest." Snipes will find activities, low pay in Pa. prison 2010-12-09T14:46:00Z Branches frame scenes, painted on sheepskin, of sandstone fortresses and camels along the Silk Road. The Top 10 Cheap (and Well-Traveled) Places to Eat in 2016 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Oundjian's conducting was businesslike and built some ringing climaxes, but generally lacked finesse: the Vltava's waters were slow-moving, the fortress walls at Tabor lightweight. RSNO/Oundjian – review 2013-03-24T13:53:47Z When her chaperones briefly dropped their guard, Dickinson cracked the parental "fortress," grabbed Larsen by the hand and lured her into a fluid, ecstatic duet ... until parental authority was reinstated. Local dancer Ezra Dickinson: What can't he do? 2012-01-19T20:45:04Z Not a ruin, of course, but a fortress and a shrine, a sacred spot where embattled traditions can survive in troubled times. Film: Movies, Mountains and High Hopes 2010-09-06T22:55:00Z Pope Clement VII escaped the Vatican just in time, and holed up in the nearby fortress of Castel Sant’Angelo as the carnage swirled around him. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z Night has fallen on Volterra, but the stars are lambent, despite harsh lights around the fortress wall. Aniello Arena: the Italian gangster who turned movie star 2013-02-17T00:02:02Z We rented a car and headed north for Molyvos, a picturesque town of stone homes and wisteria-covered alleyways that cascade down a hill under a Byzantine fortress, within sight of the Turkish coast. Lesbos, a Greek Refuge for the War Weary and Vacationers 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Beach facilities at the water’s edge overlook the fortress. Overnighter: On a Turkish Isle, Winds Tend the Vines 2012-07-06T16:52:12Z If Eames' body is floating in space, why is there gravity in the world of the snow fortress? Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z If Abstraction was his protective fortress, he is starting to lower the walls. An Artist’s New Migration Song 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z There is a hilarious analysis of the branding potential of Sealand, a rusting concrete platform in the North Sea, originally built as a British defense fortress during World War II, and now an independent principality. A Quest for Meaning in a Dystopian Era 2010-05-16T15:30:00Z They soon meet a third musical force of nature, and, just before they march from their secret fortress, they add the final element to what is now an impregnable weapon of mass musical distraction. Protest music?s odd conservative turn 2012-05-21T15:38:00Z The first act, which shows the fortress the people of Troy have built to ward off 10 years of siege by the Greeks, is dominated by a massive, multitiered, convex iron wall. Music Review: ‘Les Troyens,’ at the Royal Opera House in London 2012-06-26T21:10:52Z Even if you aren't seeing a show, this intimidating brick fortress, in the middle of the Pearl District, is worth popping into for a latte and a looksie. Top 10 cultural hotspots in Portland, Oregon 2013-05-24T23:10:00Z In Assisi, my favorite ritual is to sit quietly on the rampart of the medieval fortress high above town. Finding peace and faith in Assisi 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Fish, molluscs, mummified objects, Indian fortresses, pre-Columbian rock carvings – the Atacama preserves traces of the past. Patricio Guzmán, Chile's master of documentary, focuses on the stars 2012-07-20T21:55:08Z The famous attraction here is the harbor, situated in a horseshoe bay and guarded on its east side by a Crusader fortress wrapped in colossal walls. Ruins, casinos and abandoned construction mark Cyprus 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z The main room soars up an impressive 24 feet, and the walls are lined with wood, stone and marble, making it akin to a small fortress. Dave Grohl's ‘Sonic Highways' Seattle-area stop ‘feels like home' 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The view from atop the fortress is pretty outstanding, offering an unparalleled panorama of Würzburg from its east-facing garden. Oktoberfest means wine in Franconia, the enchanting German region you don’t know yet 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z You are so grateful to escape the relentless theatricality of being in New York’s public spaces that an apartment becomes a fortress of the personal. Napoleon on the Backstairs 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Placed together they show the morally upright New Republic to be a profoundly flawed house of cards that believes itself to be a shining fortress on a hill. "The Mandalorian" shows how a naive reliance on the goodness of democracy can lead the dark side 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z The fanciful fortresses that he added to the medieval walls of the town of Carcassonne are said to have been a direct inspiration for the 1955 design of Sleeping Beauty’s castle at Disneyland. Notre-Dame and the Paradoxes of Historical Preservation 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z The sight of ancient fortresses, kings’ tombs and purple bougainvillea set against whitewashed walls. Savoring the mythic Aegean on a small-ship cruise in Greece 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z When the wages of Amy's rage bring violent men into Jordan's fortress, the wealthy white woman's privilege ends up being her undoing, and her gruesome comeuppance becomes the plot's big "O." What makes "Beef" so seductive? Understanding the intimacy of rage sheds light on that ending 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z A lot of his life was spent in the Citadel, a vast fortress built to defend Copenhagen's harbour, and in his time used as a prison; his father was the prison baker. Christian K?bke: Nordic exposure 2010-03-24T21:30:00Z The book’s title refers to Superman’s hide-out in the frigid polar wastes of the Arctic, and, intentionally or not, echoes Bettelheim’s empty fortress. The Trouble With Autism in Novels 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z In May a fortress used by Salazar as his holiday residence was turned into an artistic hub. Portugal hopes to preserve memory of fascist era with fortress museum 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z A former headquarters of the papal court after the schism in the 14th century, it is enclosed within the old city’s fortress walls and adorned in frescoes, many attributed to Matteo Giovannetti. In Transit Blog: The Cultural Side of Provence 2011-09-06T14:31:38Z When certain suits of armor are fully assembled, they look like portable fortresses. Art Review: ‘Samurai!’ at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2013-05-02T21:35:50Z Built in the eleventh century, Alnwick is deep inside Northumberland, England’s most northerly county, and just twenty miles from the border with Scotland, inside a frontier country that had become increasingly lined with fortresses. "Game of Thrones" in real life: Actual history, just as epic as George R.R. Martin's tales 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z After 20 minutes a hilltop fortress came into view, its red-stone battlements hovering over a village that spilled down the hillside toward a river. The Other Algarve 2013-07-19T16:35:02Z A Kalashnikov-toting soldier still guards the entrance of Josip Broz Tito's subterranean fortress - a fitting if anachronistic symbol of the secrecy that once surrounded the structure. Bosnia turns Tito nuclear bunker into art gallery 2010-06-16T13:31:00Z Once into the flow, swishing bridges over obstacles or setting fortresses on fire while dodging attacks becomes instinctive. Sumioni: Demon Arts – review 2013-02-10T00:05:19Z Toting Storm Shadow in a body bag, Snake Eyes and Jinx escape the high fortress on cables with the Commander’s Ninjas in fierce pursuit. G.I. Joe Retaliation: Make That Redemption 2013-03-29T03:35:55Z Thousands of extra troops were drafted in Baghdad for the summit and a maze of checkpoints and roadblocks turned the Iraqi capital into a fortress. Iraq hosts Arab summit, seeking regional role 2012-03-29T13:31:04Z Fans of the “Rings” movies may have noticed how the elves’ tower fortress in the Southlands looks a little like Sauron’s Dark Tower. ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,’ Season 1, Episode 6: Doom 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z During the late 13th and early 14th centuries, English King Edward I started building these awe-inspiring fortresses — arguably the most breathtaking you’ll find anywhere in Europe — to subdue the rebellious Welsh. Wales: Packed with castles and charm 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Staunchly entrenched in the Hampshire countryside, the estate was long ago remodeled by an eccentric cotton magnate named Jeremiah Melville to resemble a medieval fortress, complete with portcullis and a moat. ‘We That Are Left’ review: Can the British manor house survive? 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z In later years, by contrast, Moore would present herself, in “The Paper Nautilus,” as a kind of mollusk, which builds an intricate but tidy spiral that contains her, like a “fortress.” The Marianne Moore Revival 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Critics said it was a modern "fortress", more like the Tower of London. New Iran 2010-08-01T21:10:00Z The old 'fortress Wapping' site is being demolished and plans are underway to move to a new headquarters at the Shard development on the south side of the Thames. Hacking trial: what now for newspapers? 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Will arrives at the fortress with the task of becoming a slave himself, in order to learn as much as possible about the Masters so that he can help destroy them. An Early Dystopian Trilogy About Resistance—and What Comes After 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Its detractors in fortress Radio 3 were surprised, after the dust had settled in 1992, to find their own audience had not in fact declined. Michael Bukht obituary 2011-08-07T17:29:31Z Where high-end hotels once operated like well-protected fortresses, a number of companies now want their properties to become part of their communities. Luxury Designed With a Local Touch 2013-06-05T15:49:44Z En route lies the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers, the Gala Abu Ahmed fortress dating from 400 B.C., ancient Egyptian temples, prehistoric petroglyphs, Nubian archaeological sites and the pyramids of Meroe. From Botswana to Zambia, New Lodges, Resorts and Tours 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The Greek world at Alabama seems almost impenetrable, a fortress of secrets heavily guarded by those who benefit most from their preservation. "Bama Rush" reminded me of my own desperate need to belong 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z The fortress complex on the hill, Kalemegdan, is the spot where Belgrade was born. 36 Hours in Belgrade 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Deep beneath its structure, however, Mr. Gil was sure there was a buried treasure: an intact stone wall, dating back to the Crusader period, that had once formed the perimeter of a 12th-century fortress. Jaffa Is Tel Aviv’s Unexpected Luxury Hotspot 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z But two operas will be heard twice: “Aida,” put on at the foot of the desert fortress of Masada, Israel, in June, is staged by Charles Roubaud, an expert at directing crowds onstage. Music: Europe's Operatic Summer 2011-07-01T12:30:07Z About 10,000 tons of precious salt passed through this valley each year, so locals built this complex of fortresses and castles to control traffic and levy tolls on all who passed. A tale of two delightful castles, in Germany and Austria 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z “Concealed within her fortress, the lord of Mordor sees all. Her gaze pierces cloud, shadow, earth, and flesh.” “A voice that I can only describe as being blessed by God”: The 15 biggest celebrity butt-kissing moments from the TIME 100 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z As a little girl, Natalia adored her grandfather, a respected doctor and professor, and tagged along on his regular visits to the zoo, which was formerly a sultan’s fortress. Revisiting ‘The Tiger’s Wife’ and the Balkan Wars 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z With its difficult access, it also served as a fortress against raiding tribes from the north. At La Push, walk wild Washington beaches and commune with native culture 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Tourists can walk along the cannon-studded ramparts of slave fortresses or pass through the points of ‘No Return’, where slaves were marched in chains to waiting ships. West Africa's historic slave sites bear witness to brutal trade 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z In the ruins of the ancient fortress on Erebuni Fortress Hill, fragments of murals with images of sacred animals evoke the late Bronze Age. My Armenia 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The investment of time, emotion, energy, and labor into the fulfillment of that mystery into intimacy can and should create a fortress. Engagement season panic sets in: Before you plan a big expensive traditional wedding, read this 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Mark Zuckerberg’s neighbors are fed up with the noisy, cumbersome renovation being done on his “fortress” of a home, according to SFGate.com. Is Mark Zuckerberg the homeowner from hell? Massive renovations make neighbors’ lives miserable 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Though the city is touristy and full of beach resorts, the old town is well worth visiting, as is the Venetian Fortezza, a vast, walled fortress. Q&A: Crete, Without a Car, for Two Older Travelers 2010-07-22T16:13:00Z Religion is like a house of cards — protected by a massively strong fortress. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z The central cathedral, a fortress of ascetic Franciscan architecture, is standing room only on Sunday evenings. Next Stop: Valladolid, Mexico, a City of Yucatán Cool 2012-11-30T20:09:44Z The paintings, each composed digitally by dozens of artists, will be exhibited in the halls of the imposing brick transformer station, built in 1926 by architect Hans Heinrich Mueller, who drew inspiration from medieval fortresses. With Berlin exhibition, winter has come for Game of Thrones fans 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Generations of the family owned it, for 400 years, gradually transforming the sprawling fortress with round crenelated towers into an elegant home. The Parks That Made the Man Who Made Central Park 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Yet viewed from the minor distance of 14th Street and Constitution, with the Washington Monument playing the role of antenna, it’s a fortress. Visiting the African-American Museum: Waiting, Reading, Thinking, Connecting, Feeling 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Not far from this natural fortress is the Tule Lake Unit of World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, one of 10 “war relocation centers.” The Calif. national park — with lava beds — that most people don’t know about 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z While the fortresses are drawing visitors, the local community is being invited into the story. On Croatia’s Dalmatian coast, the sleepy city of Sibenik shakes things up 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Although there were no US or British troops at the fortress that morning, two American intelligence agents were present, dressed in civilian clothes. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z The food was delicious and the wine cellar, which once was the powder magazine in the fortress, was impressive, but what I remember best is the surrounding gardens. In the June Light of Northern Italy, the Bliss of Bergamo 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z And one of the largest pillars in this fortress is the bigoted mythology about atheists. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z One summer day in 1789 nearly a thousand Parisians stormed a fortress and sparked a messy revolution that eventually brought us modern France — and Bastille Day. Celebrate Bastille Day: Take to the Streets Like It’s 1789 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Today, visitors can stomp around the fortress of craters and boulders marking Captain Jack’s Stronghold, where the Indian chief known as Captain Jack and 50 of his tribesmen held off the U.S. The Calif. national park — with lava beds — that most people don’t know about 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Celebrity closes in on her, becoming a fortress. Review | ‘Whitney: Can I Be Me’ tries and fails to bring meaning to the late singer’s legacy 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z It was a steep natural fortress augmented by man-made battlements, bristling with rusty cannons that commanded the far reaches of the surrounding ocean. Footsteps: St. Helena, ?Cursed Rock? of Napoleon?s Exile 2012-03-30T18:21:46Z If they continue to hide in fiber-optic fortresses, how will they ever build real community with strangers? Teaching civility: two daring assignments At the beginning of the overture, a video projected onstage shows the medieval fortress in sweeping drone footage fit for a tourism commercial. Review: A New ‘Tannhäuser’ Brings Burger King to Bayreuth 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Looking back, Mr. Gilbert mentioned Valhalla, the gleaming fortress of the gods, conjured by flooding light on the pipe organ. Music: New York Philharmonic Stages Ligeti?s ?Grand Macabre? 2010-05-21T19:40:00Z It grew from a 10th century fortress on the promontory, and spread across the valleys, which are today spanned by an extensive bridge system. Five Reasons to Visit Luxembourg 2011-01-13T14:15:00Z Masada is a flat-topped mountain where King Herod the Great built a fortress completed in 31 BC. Israel breaks ground with opera on Dead Sea shores 2010-06-07T13:48:00Z By the 1970s, the UN Relief and Works Agency Palestinian refugee camps in south Lebanon and around Beirut and Tripoli were armed fortresses threatening the very state. War Games: The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times by Linda Polman 2010-05-07T23:11:00Z Today, a good way to get a sense of this fortress city is with a tour of the harbor in a dghajsa — a Maltese gondola. Malta: A citadel of many cultures in the middle of the Mediterranean 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Tall, semicircular, rotating black fences define and segment the space, variously suggesting prison walls and fortresses of privilege, walls that separate insiders and outsiders. | 'The Merchant of Venice': Al Pacino Brings His Shylock to Shakespeare in the Park 2010-07-01T02:01:00Z The next morning no one inside the fortress thought it possible that anyone was still alive in the pink building, but 86 of the prisoners had managed to survive the week-long ordeal. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z In the case of Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: Breakout, you’re in the Collector’s fortress, and you’re going to break out the wisecracking heroes. Bringing a (Jurassic) World of Star Power to Theme Park Queues 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z As we drew near, I spied a very steep hill with what looked like a very, very old stone fortress on top. Europe Issue: High-End Dining in Italy 2011-09-30T19:04:19Z Reconstruction of the Caerleon fortress in the Roman period, showing the buildings discovered by Cardiff University students. Roman fortress Caerleon gives up new treasures to archaeology students 2010-08-12T15:21:00Z But the view from the center’s western edge, along Amsterdam Avenue, is far less convivial: An imposing wall stretches across several blocks, giving the feel of a fortress. Lincoln Center, Seeking New Audiences, Plans to Remake Its West Edge 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Only a handful of other visitors stroll around the fortress, looking out over the Sibenik Channel, the islands of the archipelago and the rooftops of the old town below. On Croatia’s Dalmatian coast, the sleepy city of Sibenik shakes things up 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z His concentration is a fortress that initially blocks out Ann’s out-of-nowhere remark, “We should talk” — a sign if ever there was one that all is not well in this upper-middle-class paradise. Deaf West sets out to tame 'Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo' 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Her technique is the secure fortress that guarantees that she never has to venture outside and brave the elements. | Linda Eder: Pop-Country Echoes Come to Feinsteins at Loews Regency 2010-04-11T22:18:00Z These pockets of deprivation made great fortresses, good recruiting grounds for henchmen, and splendid markets for illegal white powder. Urban cable cars: from transport solution to tourist attraction 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z There are big pickups out here with deer guards as wide as train tracks and ranch gates stout as fortresses. Driving Through the Heart of Texas 2010-03-24T20:56:00Z A rocky, tidal island that features an eighth-century Benedictine monastery and fortress. Going to great lengths: Cycling Britain from Land’s End to John O’Groats 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z We are constantly reminded of his desire to experience a cosmic level of solitude, "to create a fortress against all that would distract." 'Dirt': A loner's twisted family unravels in David Vann's novel 2012-06-13T20:35:05Z A large chunk of this windfall ended up stored in a hilltop fortress called Pergamon, in what is today western Turkey, in the charge of a cunning Army officer named Philetaerus. A Show About the Hellenistic One Per Cent 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Virtually vacant at night, the fortress center was a silent 16th-century mirage. Morocco’s Other Coast Emerges as a Destination 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z At the base of the fortress, an arched portico buzzed with tuktuks, and up on the point we found thousands of celebrants walking barefoot past gaudy puja stalls. With civil war and a tsunami behind it, Sri Lanka’s east coast is opening up to tourism 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z In 2006, a democratic government that replaced the fallen communists restored the 14th-century Bran fortress, known as "Dracula's Castle", to Habsburg descendents. Two to get comfy coffin for overnight stay in Dracula's castle 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Among the items on display are sacred manuscripts and gold taken from the Battle of Maqdala 150 years ago, when British troops ransacked the fortress of Emperor Tewodros II. Ethiopia says British museum must permanently return its artifacts 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z After 17 years of architectural design setbacks, civilian laborers and slaves got to work constructing the fortress in the face of storms, disease and shifting political sands. West of Key West, an Under-the-Radar National Park 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z What we have before us is a fortress built to forestall a mind’s erosion, but destined to collapse. Theater Review: Culture Project?s Revival of ?And God Created Great Whales? 2012-02-16T01:03:49Z At this point she abruptly stops giving a hoot and, whipping off her gloves, letting down her hair, she conjures up an ice fortress, a snow demon, plus a cool new frosty disco dress. ‘I must have watched it 50 times’: a Frozen dad prepares for the sequel 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Beneath the Citadel are remains of Bronze Age friezes and Roman fortresses. Syrian Conflict Imperils Historical Treasures 2012-08-15T22:13:47Z The buildings lie outside the fortress walls, where archaeologists believed there was nothing except a few outbuildings and stores. Roman fortress Caerleon gives up new treasures to archaeology students 2010-08-12T15:21:00Z This secluded medieval property is something like a posh fortress masquerading as a seaside resort, with five acres of walled-in palm gardens enveloping 51 rooms, suites and apartments. | The Anti-Amalfi 2011-06-24T15:00:27Z But Maxwell, a careerist whose ambitions are a fortress against reality, is in deep denial. ‘… What the End Will Be’ Review: Learning to Let Go 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Turns out he has a fortress with food, water and even gardens – gardens! Fear the Walking Dead recap: season two, episode three – Ouroboros 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z The trade fairs, like the Pitti Uomo men’s event this week, are held in a cluster of ancient fortress buildings with red tile roofs, octagonal rotundas and vast “dogana,” or customs centers. Special Report: Fashion Special Report: The Virtual Man: Pitti Goes Digital 2011-01-14T14:10:08Z At first, it seems as if White writes his female characters that way as well, especially Plaza's Harper, whose personality is an ice fortress from the moment she's introduced. "The White Lotus" returns with an Italian dream of a second season that's molto bene 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Note the fortress from which this attack is launched: Ruhle is at pains to stress that she too used to work in finance. Wall Street should hate itself 2012-11-13T22:02:00Z “The wall doesn’t look too refined, but it bears the marks of our nation’s long history and culture,” said Cho Si-young of the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, which is in charge of maintaining the fortress. Special Report: Asia Travel: A Great View of Seoul, if You Follow the Rules 2012-05-02T20:06:05Z The setting is a fortress where Africans were held captive before being forced onto ships that would bring them to the United States, where they were enslaved. Three Boldly Personal Visions of Black History in a Great New Film Series 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z The city was still a wild kingdom, a stone-and-steel fortress with rage burning inside. Team older feminist: am I allowed nuanced feelings about #MeToo? 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Had it been a place of pilgrimage or a frontier fortress? Homestay among the ruins in Cambodia 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Hip-hop has long been obsessed with fealty to a specific place and time, and Yams’s vision of the genre as an open house, not a fortress, qualifies as a radical one. ASAP Yams, Partner to Hip-Hop’s ASAP Rocky 2013-01-25T13:00:00Z On the north-facing side of the trail are a centuries-old granite fortress wall, part of a 21-kilometer enclosure that once protected central Seoul, and two modern steel fences topped with concertina wire. Special Report: Asia Travel: A Great View of Seoul, if You Follow the Rules 2012-05-02T20:06:05Z About 90 miles northeast of Lisbon, just east of the pilgrimage site of Fatima, is lushly green Tomar — a quaint town of about 20,000 residents, set under a historic fortress. Tranquil Tomar: A break from Portugal’s tourist tumult 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Maintaining this fortress of identity, however, is often exhausting. Why I tried to be a punk 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Accordingly, Geffen had to become less of a fortress, livelier and more transparent. A Notoriously Jinxed Concert Hall Is Reborn, Again 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z A hard, pale man with intelligent eyes and a deceptively compliant manner, Marley knows that any escape from this fortress will require information only the guards possess. ‘Maze’ Review: A Prison Break and a Confidence Game 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Once they arrive at the school, a grim country fortress that has been vacated for Christmas, an unconvincing romance ignites between them. Movie Review: ‘The Awakening,’ With Rebecca Hall and Dominic West 2012-08-17T15:17:32Z The flavor of what the festival first set out to be can be seen at the world music stage, set in a beautifully preserved medieval fortress on the edge of town overlooking a river. Moroccan activists slam music festival as corrupt 2011-05-29T15:01:06Z What’s really threatening in this Roundabout Theater Company production, which opened on Thursday night, is its creeping, gut-knotting insistence that family is no fortress against a darkness that erases all sense of a separate self. Review: Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano Go Mano a Mano in the Riveting ‘True West’ 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z To go anywhere, you need guides and permits, and most visitors must pay steep daily fees to peer into the quiet recesses of old fortresses and stare at jagged mountains. Modern Love: A Forgotten Prayer, Answered ? Modern Love 2011-12-29T18:34:09Z The building we’re in is “quite literally a fortress,” an onscreen guide tells us, and beneath our feet is “a shooting gallery.” In ‘Drill,’ Hito Steyerl Adds Polish to Images of a World Gone Mad 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Wealthy VIPs don’t seem to cluster like they once did here, in a virtual fortress protected by a moat of privilege, with doormen wearing uniforms and hats. 50 years ago, the Watergate made D.C. sexy. Now it’s just the place I call home. 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z High-definition projectors beamed pink and purple images on the fortress walls. Brooklyn Mirage, a Mammoth Techno Club, Finally Opens in East Williamsburg 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Instead, I found a silent lump of gray polyurethane, cordoned off on the floor of a former fortress and jail. A Visit to “Visitors” on Governors Island 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z Seaside luxury hotel in a former military fortress. Italy’s overlooked ‘heel’ has a wealth of food, wine and unique architecture 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z It is above all a military fortress: austere, uniformly gray throughout its granite and limestone walls, and not meant to be invaded. Outside Lisbon, a Verdant World of Castles and Palaces 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Buddhist temples, stupa shrines and majestic fortresses called zhongs dot the landscape. In Bhutan, ‘gross national happiness’ is what counts 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z The sloped angle of its installation mimics both the roof of the church from which the tiles were sourced and a fortress wall, or a dam holding back the deluge. Review | Theaster Gates reconfigures the old art-world colonialism 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Naturally, they don’t anticipate the reversal in this familiar home-invasion scenario: the blind man is hiding more than just money, and he has no interest in letting the burglars leave his dingy fortress. The Twisted Appeal of “Don’t Breathe” 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z In places, the walls have been painted on, but that does not change what they are: fortress walls built to protect the buildings inside from the bombs that still target them from time to time. Baghdad, Iraq: 10 years after Saddam 2013-03-17T00:05:30Z VOLTERRA: This beautifully preserved jewel, encircled by impressive walls and topped with a grand fortress, is just far enough off the beaten path to keep it feeling genuine. Tuscany for beginners: a guide to the best sun-soaked hill towns 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z On the grounds, visitors to the storied fortress are invited to partake in salmon and trout fishing. Capri, Italy : Stunning Villas, Castles, and Modernist Retreats to Rent This Summer 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z One of the town’s top sights is Cardiff Castle, a fun complex that contains within its medieval wall bits of fortresses erected here since Roman times. Welsh revival: Cardiff sheds rust-belt past for glossy future 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z The new centre dedicated to the late artist's work is located in the former Artillery Arsenal building of the historic Daugavpils fortress. In pictures: Rothko in Latvia 2013-04-25T15:12:48Z Locals called the city Ai Khamun, Lady Moon, from a legend about a princess who lived in a fortress on the site. The ghosts of ancient Afghanistan 2011-02-27T21:30:00Z It was beautiful but also a sealed “fortress disguised as a home,” she called it, with walls so thick you couldn’t hear helicopters landing or birds singing and with attendants in nearly every hall. Isabel Wilkerson on Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ and the Great Migration 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The story will explore the legendary fortress Helm's Deep, named after the king himself, and the familiar site of a key conflict in the 2000s films. A “Lord of the Rings” anime prequel is on the way 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z This boxy little fortress becomes completely surrounded by water when the tide comes in and is an excellent spot for clamming when it goes back out again. On the Island of Jersey, Fortifications Turned Lodging 2011-04-01T19:06:34Z Its fabled resorts are secluded behind high fortress walls, forests of trees and steel gates. Jamaica, Beyond the Beach 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z “I’m just grateful for the time to chill,” Woods, 34, said, video chatting from her sparse room in the 15th-century fortress. Jamila Woods’s Songs Have Many Loves 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z In the Resistance series, the second world war ends and aliens invade, first Europe then, in Burning Skies, fortress America. This week's new games 2012-06-01T23:06:07Z She writes: “I no longer need the body fortress I built.” Roxane Gay's 'Hunger' is ferociously honest 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z But Salinger’s work is built up in this way so that his life can be torn open, and the fortress of privacy he erected around it torn down. Movie Review: ‘Salinger,’ a Documentary by Shane Salerno 2013-09-05T19:25:01Z I was blown away by this incredible fortress that was built in the early 19th century during the slave revolution as a refuge for Haiti’s newly formed state. Chef José Andrés on Giving and Getting Back in Haiti 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z They signal, for instance, the site of a 13th-century fortress that was once the European headquarters of the Knights Templar, who built up the Marais. My Paris: Seduced by the Past 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z All the elements of derring-do and romantic adventure abound: flashing blades, secret passages, mistaken identities, a besieged fortress, plague, warring armies, a race against time and delicate ethical dilemmas. Review | Flashing blades, secret passages, mistaken identities: ‘A Gentleman of France’ is a classic adventure tale 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z It will no longer be a tale of fortress islands but of ships and swimmers moving among them. Art Review: Believing Is Seeing (Or, the Meat Of the Matter) 2010-10-21T21:30:00Z The rich lived in armed fortresses to protect themselves from the poor. Gustavo Dudamel, Gabriela Montero sound 2 different notes on Venezuela 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z He ran his hands along the ramparts of forgotten fortresses and felt the dampness in the crypt-like passages of mystical shrines. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z By Wednesday, the last of the resisting Taliban fighters had been killed, and Dostum's soldiers were once again in full control of the fortress. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z Saddam's gone but his underground fortresses still exist in Baghdad, Mosul, Kirkuk, Basra and Nasiriyah. Bosnia turns Tito nuclear bunker into art gallery 2010-06-16T13:31:00Z US air controllers stationed outside the fortress walls called in air strikes, which struck with devastating impact inside the fortress. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z Expertise so often becomes a sort of impregnable fortress, inside which the passionate subjectivity that first made the choice of specialism wastes away. Adam Mars-Jones: 'The only bad review is one whose writing is soggy' 2012-02-10T13:50:00Z The runway show had studded fortress doors, billowing smoke and a theatrical finale. Fashion's newness coming from old-school Hollywood 2012-02-10T20:39:13Z On the outside, it is a photogenic and perfectly preserved white fortress. A Gothic Tour of Italy 2011-10-28T18:55:00Z “We had fears about personal intimacy,” McKechnie told the Miami Herald in 2011, “and we used each other as a fortress.” ‘Make me dance. I want to dance.’ At 74, the ‘Chorus Line’ star steps into ‘The Pajama Game.’ 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The target: The old Los Angeles Times building, an 1886 brick-and-granite edifice known as “the fortress,” on Broadway and First Street, across the street from where The Times is located today. The 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times has been the subject of books and film. Now it's a bus tour 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z In the novel’s conclusion, Mark does battle with the thug who killed his wife and other well-armed men as he tries to free hostages being held in Pate’s mountain fortress. Michael Koryta’s ‘Rise the Dark’ introduces a villain bent on taking over the U.S. 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z The general then turned for a final look up at the scorched rock fortress. “Keep the flag flying”: Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s escape from the Philippines, 1942 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z After boasting idly that he planned to sell them, he was court-martialed and served about a year and a half in Acre Central Prison, a 12th-century fortress built by Crusaders in western Galilee. British Poet Christopher Logue Dies at 85 2011-12-10T20:49:32Z Sky towers of remarkable complexity, beautifully elegant, geometric, massive structures resembling cathedrals or Miasaki-like flying fortresses. Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z In the old brick fortress at the entrance, there was a girl in a wet bikini playing a piano under a bronze bust of Jackie Robinson. The Swimmer: Manhattan Edition 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Il Pianone, which occupies a structure that was built over the ruins of a fortress, was obviously a popular place. In the June Light of Northern Italy, the Bliss of Bergamo 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Who wouldn’t want to live inside his fortress of sweet nothings? Review | Are Ed Sheeran’s songlike secretions actually holding the universe together? 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Airspace over the fortress was shut down while arriving guests were frisked and asked to give up their cellphones. Kim Kardashian, Kanye West wedding keeps up with the Medicis 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z For Nick’s mother, it’s a fortress built to repel alien invaders like Rachel, who, in Eleanor’s eyes, is a Chinese-American adventuress and insufficiently Chinese. ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Review: Conspicuously Consuming Fun 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z “The stripped-down classical style, with small windows and masonry, tends to create a sense of being a fortress,” Hassan says. A new front door opens up an insular enclave at State Department 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z But it's worth walking the perimeter of this graveyard, through eerie woods, to see the 16th-century bulwarks of a fortress, built here to dominate the city and secure Medici rule. Florence, without the machine 2010-06-21T10:56:00Z Bostonians have described the building as a “fortress,” “a dungeon” and a “giant concrete harmonica.” Gerhard Kallmann, Architect, Dies at 97 2012-06-25T00:06:38Z The museum is in a 19th-century red brick fortress tower on the shore of Verkhneye Lake and has a new observation deck, interactive exhibitions and amber throne. 20 of the best Baltic beach holidays 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z While they once defended Sibenik from uninvited visitors, its fortresses now stand as its forte, with a fresh power of attraction . On Croatia’s Dalmatian coast, the sleepy city of Sibenik shakes things up 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which rented Breuer’s granite fortress from the relocated Whitney Museum of American Art in 2015, will be vacating the building in July, three years ahead of schedule. The Sublime Farewell of Gerhard Richter, Master of Doubt 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Pilhal supposedly could never get over the shame of not installing proper toilets in his Rossauer Barracks, a dull medieval fortress along the Danube originally constructed for Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria. The Buildings That Drove Their Creators to Despair 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Once an Austrian fortress, Forte Rose Resort offers attractions including bay views, beaches, scuba diving and boat tours that reflect the area’s compelling past, on and above the sea. Dubrovnik’s Dothraki-like hordes make Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor appealing 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa transformed the castle in the 18th century from a military fortress to a royal residence. Bratislava: Slovakia’s capital makes a remarkable comeback 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z For him, the church, a Christian revivalist denomination called Branhamism, was an insulating fortress. Billy Porter’s Stylist Flips Fashion on Its Head 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z I used music to build a fortress around myself. Foals: 'I built an enamel around myself' 2010-05-06T20:30:00Z The museum aspires to be a fortress against time. Lesson from Brazil: Museums are not forever 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z I found myself in such a state on a recent morning after the hike up to the fortress. In Transit Blog: In the Shadow of a Fortress, a Moveable Feast 2013-05-17T17:32:51Z The people are at war, and their fortress lies in ruins. Wagner's 'Tannhaeuser' in time of war 2010-12-13T15:00:00Z While the credits list some physical instruments, and orchestras are on call, they are shielded within electronic fortresses of reverb, synthetic tones, whooshing effects and programmed drums. Review: New Releases by Kelly Clarkson, Sannhet and Asleep at the Wheel 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z He aims to unlock France for us via art, and how it was collected, here in the medieval fortress–turned–art museum. TV highlights 05/03/2013 2013-03-05T07:00:13Z On this site, Mr. Gatward-Ferguson announced triumphantly, Mr. Jackson filmed footage to create the Isengard fortress from “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.” New Zealand’s Hobbit Trail 2012-10-05T16:25:35Z There’s also the newly renovated Barone fortress, which has stunning views. 12 of the best beach towns in southern Europe 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z What remains after hundreds of years of conflict is a village trimmed by two crescent-shaped ports and flanked by a honey-colored Ottoman fortress, one of the best preserved in the Aegean. Overnighter: On a Turkish Isle, Winds Tend the Vines 2012-07-06T16:52:12Z The construction technique has been used in Neolithic villages, Sumerian temples and Nubian fortresses. These Books Move Heaven and Earth 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The American actress and Queen Elizabeth’s grandson marry on Saturday at the chapel at Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited fortress in the world. Meghan Markle to follow in thousand years of UK royal history at... 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z If the architect builds a fortress, or a bank vault, the subject’s subconscious will automatically fill it with whatever secrets they value most, which means the dreamers know exactly where to find it. Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z From the top of an adjacent fortress, the MuCEM’s roof stretches just below the line where the ocean meets the shore. Stepping Into the Frame in the South of France 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z On another day, relaxed and recharged, it was time to visit Montepulciano, the medieval fortress town that was recently infiltrated by the cast and crew of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.” Tuscany Without the Crowds 2010-03-05T03:55:00Z Along the way he stopped to see several sites, including the magnificent Les Baux de Provence, where a medieval village and fortress ruins are perched high in the mountains. Q&A: From London to St.-R?my and Avignon 2010-07-29T17:00:00Z The Los Angeles Police Department’s Central Division station is a brown brick fortress that consumes an entire block of Skid Row, but it is no match for the rats. Dumping ground and refuge: For those who know how to navigate L.A.’s Skid Row, it can provide community — but crackdowns have made life even harder 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z A neo-Gothic fortress, Swallow’s Nest Castle sits 130 feet above the waters of the Black Sea. 5 Incredible Landmarks Built in the Name of Love 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z The project conjured both a walled medieval fortress and an upgraded version of the Magic Kingdom’s Tomorrowland. Critic?s Notebook: In Arabian Desert, a Sustainable City Rises, Walled and Lofty 2010-09-25T21:09:00Z Winningham’s rendition of the show’s best-known Dylan number, “Like a Rolling Stone,” becomes a kind of poignant anthem for all of the characters, each walled up in their own fortresses of pain. Perspective | Why ‘Girl From the North Country,’ with Dylan songbook, is the best musical of 2018 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z “Comments on Madison Avenue yesterday,” he reported, “ranged from ‘it looks like a fortress’ and ‘it looks like a garage’ to ‘it’s striking,’ ‘romantic’ and ‘they ought to tear it down and build it rightside-up.’ ‘Friday File’: The Whitney Museum’s 1966 Opening 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z I built a fortress of luggage around me and hoped that agents would nab him at the Delaware travel plaza. Greyhound: 100 years old and acting younger than ever Don’t miss: the 15th-century fortress with its ramparts facing a large emerald expanse of the sea. Personal Journeys: Finding Gems on the Tuscan Coast 2013-06-18T20:24:34Z One perched atop a Spanish colonial fortress on Manila Bay weathered protests of the ’60s. What the saga of Chieftain Blue Sparks’s desk has to teach us 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Ever since Barcelona’s 1888 Universal Exhibition turned the site of a massive old fortress into a splendid park, local civic leaders have been beautifying their city and luring visitors to enjoy its charms. 6 Places in Europe Offering Shelter From the Crowds 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z The fourth-century house of worship, which was built on top of a fortress constructed by the Roman emperor Trajan, is free to visit. Cairo, Vibrant and Budget-Friendly, Is Ready Again for the World Stage 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z In my teenage years, I felt betrayed by my 183cm frame – a larger-than-life fortress that commanded authority and kept my tiny personality prisoner within. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z This semi-sword is also still lethal, as Theo learns when he fends off orcs while out scavenging for his people, who are hunkered down and starving at the Silvan elves’ abandoned fortress. ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 1, Episode 4: Strange Magic 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z This place feels as old as time itself: the Etruscans were here, there is a Roman amphitheatre and the Medici made their inimitable and indelible mark with a fortress, which they converted into a prison. Aniello Arena: the Italian gangster who turned movie star 2013-02-17T00:02:02Z Eventually, all paths lead to the iconic Kronborg Castle, a sober, four-sided fortress bedecked with ornate spires and scrolled architectural flourishes, a curious marriage of Lutheran restraint and Renaissance pomp. Elsinore in Denmark, Hamlet’s ‘Home,’ Is Having a Renaissance 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z It's the front face of a fortress that shields what's within. What to do at Auschwitz? Hide site behind logs, Idea Office proposes 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z In the fortress’s historic, central square, a few seconds of orientation were needed to distinguish the Cathedral of the Archangel from the Cathedral of the Assumption from the Cathedral of the Annunciation. Moscow in the Winter, Alive and Illuminated 2011-11-25T06:01:08Z The community is assailed by an army, claiming to represent the real America, which has camped outside the fortress walls. Humana Festival, Turning 40, Looks at Mortality, Dystopia and Change 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Not a moment too soon, because the current Ricardo Legorreta look from the early 1990s feels less park and more fortress — in a disconcerting Easter egg color scheme. Roundup: Art, money and Art Basel, plus taco gentrification 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z The nuptials drew crowds of fans eager to witness the glitzy event, but they were kept far away from the heavily walled 16th-century fortress, which offers stunning views of Florence and surrounding Tuscan hills. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West marry in Florence 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Now he sees the fortress, and the painting, in a different light. ‘Paris 3D,’ a Digital Model of the French Capital 2013-01-09T22:25:41Z Within weeks we had settled on protections that the United Nations had rejected, building for ourselves a blast-walled, machine-gun-protected fortress that gave us at least some chance of surviving a suicide bombing. Television: Greg Barker?s Film About Sergio Vieira de Mello 2010-04-30T19:38:00Z Edgar, a garrison captain, and his wife, Alice, a thwarted actor, prepare to celebrate 25 years of married torment in the fortress they laughably call home. The Dance of Death 2012-12-18T12:35:01Z The Tower of London, built by the Normans in order to control the city and intimidate it, was a royal fortress, apartment block, and even zoo, home to an elephant and leopard. "Game of Thrones" in real life: Actual history, just as epic as George R.R. Martin's tales 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z On the third, Eames detonates the charges, and the fortress blows to bits. Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z Or climb the stone bridge to the citadel, an imposing hilltop fortress completed in the 13th century. 2010-01-23T05:06:00Z Sometimes they see the towers of the fortresses of God, the battlements outlined in flickering light. 'You have to experience it to know what fat is like' 2013-02-02T08:01:04Z “It is a fool’s errand to try to crack that fortress of professionalism,” she said. The Re-Re-Rebirth of Jean Smart 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z During another torrential downpour I found myself alone on the steep trail leading up to the fortress. Languedoc, France: Brutal History and Beautiful Setting 2010-05-07T18:37:00Z He wasn't above raiding the classic rock fortress for ideas, but also excavated deep below in search of subterranean misfits to emulate. "Nevermind" 30 years on — how Nirvana’s second album tilted the world on its axis 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Level 3: Ice Station Fischer A concrete fortress on a snowy mountainside. Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z The concierge is, notes this wise child, like a hedgehog — "prickly on the outside, a real fortress," and yet "terribly elegant," if you look past the spikes. 'The Hedgehog' ? wistful, magical, elegant 2011-09-08T20:33:21Z But, looking at today, he presents his own fortress, his own ambitions, and his own ideals as coming under siege through the rhetorical contagion of a young woman and her mostly female followers. Woody Allen’s Secondhand Sixties Radicalism 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The president, who is going mad, lives in luxury in a hilltop fortress, below which the festering misery of the populace is about to explode. Film: Human Rights Watch Film Festival at Lincoln Center 2010-06-11T04:51:00Z “He built a concrete fortress,” Mr. Higgins said, “that sort of summed up the emotional landscape of New York in the ’70s.” Ulrich Franzen, Architect of New York Buildings, Dies at 91 2012-10-13T22:25:55Z In research for his book, Sutton found that nurses often have rooms in hospitals – fortresses of solitude if you will – to which they retreat to gather themselves for the Sisyphean struggle against manifold jerks. Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein and all: have we reached ‘peak asshole’? 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z A moment later, the commando squad breaks into this very pregnable fortress and kills everyone not billed above the title: the rogue warrior Frost and the low-level keeper of the safe house, Matt Weston. Safe House: Can Denzel Washington Ever Be a Bad Guy? 2012-02-09T16:00:14Z Harvard’s reputation as arrogant and unneighbourly, less ivory tower than impenetrable intellectual fortress, was not helped by buildings that were visually closed off from the street. Town and gown 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The King of Kindergarten washes his face, brushes his teeth and eats a tower of pancakes before the big yellow carriage takes him to a grand fortress. The best children’s books of 2019 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life. Get over it guys. Brotherhood is the greatest relationship you can share 2012-08-18T16:20:42Z Inside the fortress, the scenery still looks much like it did in a Season 1 episode of “Prison Break,” the Fox television series that was filmed here. Outside Chicago, historic Old Joliet Prison is open for tours — at least for now 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Washington's fortress of anonymity imploded — at least temporarily. Republicans have ‘concerns’ about Trump — but won’t let reporters quote them by name about it 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z “It’s not nice to meet you in a fortress of self.” Coachella 2015: Punk Without the Dyed Blond Hair and Tank Tops 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z “Red Crown” has a tightly coiled opening riff partly derived, it seems, from flamenco; “Returner” builds a fortress of bruising syncopations. Playlist: Breezes of Jazz, Country and Black Metal 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z It is remarkable only for the picturesque, improbably tall tower of books that looms center stage, like a fortress. Review: Being Young and Bored in a Book Club on ‘Sunday’ 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Short link for this page: http://gu.com/p/39ta8 This room of pure clean beauty is hidden inside a forbidding fortress. Strength with soul: the Chapel of St John shows the sensitive side of the Tower of London 2012-08-08T10:47:20Z Like fortresses built in North Africa and the Crimea, the Galata Tower was built by the Genoese as part of their far-flung network of colonies and commercial hubs. Perspective | Genoa and the Baroque: The most spectacular art you’ve never heard of 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z But when white people steal from other cultures, they literally build a fortress for their stolen goods, charging $20 for entry. Sam Jay brings her raw "SNL" comedy to Netflix for "3 in the Morning" 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z “She is a formidable woman — more like a fortress than anything else.” The Face on the Canvas and Other Mysteries 2011-03-11T15:35:16Z A. “She built a fortress of pillows and blankets in the guest bedroom.” Style Invitational Week 1437: One-offs — a ‘typo’ neologism contest 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Portman also said that she had to put up "fortresses" to protect herself at such a young age. Natalie Portman says "being sexualized" as a child star "made me afraid" 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Ullmann's will to create was considerable in Terezín, an old Czech fortress town converted by the Gestapo into a ghetto for prisoners typically destined to die at Auschwitz. Music of Remembrance to stage Viktor Ullmann's 'Emperor of Atlantis' 2012-11-15T22:28:03Z From a hilltop in the center, a crenellated fortress known as the Château-Musée lorded over the landscape, backed by snow-covered summits. The French Alps Sans Skis 2011-02-25T21:55:11Z In this ancient fortress of the bear – so wild, so free and so exotic – the rewards have always been greater for those who leave only footprints behind. The bear necessities in Alaska 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Chapel Square was a boxy fortress that faced inward and deadened the adjoining city streets. The Man Who Rebuilt New Haven, Boston and Beyond 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z How unexpected: We knew the Alhambra palace and fortress in Granada was a major tourist draw, but we were unprepared for the masses. Exploring architecture and food in southern Spain 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z It was the impregnable fortress of heritage labels. Storming the Catwalk in an L.L. Bean Boot 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z We often sat outside on the teak decks in the shade; on this day, as the breeze brushed the sea’s surface, we watched the imposing Venetian fortresses guarding Nafplio’s harbor recede in the distance. Savoring the mythic Aegean on a small-ship cruise in Greece 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Hudson says the love for big, metallic fortresses of fire “is male-driven. They look like locomotives.” What we’re really fighting about when we fight about gas stoves 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z The Citadel, a dramatic fortress on a hill, stands at the center of Aleppo, overlooking the city. In the rubble, Aleppo's citizens work to save battered heritage 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z There were two groups of Taliban prisoners in the fortress: those who chose to fight and those who hunkered down in the basement of the pink building and tried to survive. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z He falls headlong into a supernatural adventure that pits him against biblical demons in a story involving secret codes, lost civilizations, hidden fortresses and fallen angels. Guggenheim to write "Da Vinci" action feature 2010-04-28T06:38:00Z From its medieval fortress walls to its buzzing new luxury boutiques, this East-meets-West city offers something for everyone. 36 Hours in Tbilisi 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z She can come across as remote, but she also reads as supremely self-contained: She’s a fortress of one. ‘Bombshell’ Review: Blind Ambition and Blond Sedition at Fox News 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Better suited for longer runs, the two bois also boast popular tourist sites like the Chateau de Vincennes, a fortress from the Middle Ages. Jogging in Paris When Spring Has Sprung 2010-04-05T10:29:00Z “I see the work that Sebastian and I did in the bigger context of the museum essentially turning itself inside out to seem more approachable and not a fortress,” Mr. Eliasson said. Buffalo Remakes its Museum in its Own Image 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z This is, after all, their home for up to eight years — a palace, playground and fortress rolled into one. How a plain and tired lawn became the Rose Garden 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z We strolled around Erbil’s citadel, a fortress on a mound, that dates to 6000 B.C., and mingled with Arab Iraqis from the south who seemed overjoyed to friend an American on Facebook. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Farmers scythe hay in the shadow of crumbling 10th-century fortresses and ghostly factories. music: In Georgia, Sacred Chants Reverberate Once Again 2010-08-06T22:14:00Z “It opens up the fortress that is Lacma to the world” and allows “pedestrian and car cultures to coexist in an exciting new way.” Los Angeles Museum Alters Plans to Protect La Brea Tar Pits 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z He returned for the last few games of the season, and his offensive line doubled down on being a fortress for their 175-pound quarterback. Is Kirk Cousins capable of greatness? 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z This moment occupied my thoughts on the climb up to the Citadel and while walking through the fortress’s cool, mist-wreathed corridors. In Haiti, Tracing a Paradise Lost 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z One might say this is the key to all transgressive literature, to make transgression acceptable, or at least visible, to erode those “fortresses of propriety” that lock our truest selves away. Missing the point of the reality of fiction 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Rutherfurd does provide good glimpses of Paris as it was, like the old Knights Templar fortress and a stumpy Eiffel Tower halfway finished. Novel traces fates Paris families over centuries 2013-04-30T11:32:14Z Mr. Ross has spent the last few years making an art of grandness, building fortresses of boasting and self-regard. Rick Ross Tries On a New, Streetwise Role 2012-08-01T13:32:00Z Just as memorable was Montségur, some 40 miles west along winding mountain roads, the most forbidding of the Cathar fortresses, and the last to fall after a renewed spasm of rebellion in 1244. Languedoc, France: Brutal History and Beautiful Setting 2010-05-07T18:37:00Z Nobody complains about that old fortress being outdated, expensive and much less militarily useful than an aircraft carrier. David Mitchell on new World Heritage sites 2011-03-27T00:05:36Z As it follows its elderly protagonist, “Letter to God” captures glimpses of 12th-century fortress walls and other sights of Baku’s Old City. A poignant tour of the Azerbaijani capital’s Old City — in 17 minutes 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z In nearby El Castillo, I ate lobster-sized river shrimp and watched giant tarpon surface like sea monsters beneath an old Spanish fortress in a town whose garbage truck is a horse-drawn wagon. | Latin America Issue: Twain?s Nicaragua, 144 Years Later 2010-09-17T16:03:00Z The imposing fortress in the city of Famagusta on Cyprus’s eastern coast was first built by Lusignan conquerors in the 14th century. Hurt by division, Cyprus's Othello Tower gets new lease of life 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Granada is dominated by its mighty Moorish fortress, the Alhambra. Spain road trip: Granada to Almería 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z He saw Ford’s immaculate headquarters, with its garden in a fortress vibe, as a kind of strategic hamlet. A 21st-Century Renaissance for Ford Foundation Landmark 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Several small peninsulas are spread before us, each crowned with a fortress much like what the attacking Ottomans must have seen. Malta, the island nation just below Sicily, is an increasingly popular stopover 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z I maintain johnlydon.com as a fortress of truth against lies and viciousness and innuendo. John Lydon 2010-07-16T23:02:00Z Your hint: One of this lake’s most popular attractions is a medieval fortress, which became a political prison in the 16th century. In Transit: Guess Where This Is 2011-05-26T16:45:34Z When I descended from the fortress to the market, I passed through heavy gates separating the fresh produce from the meat and fish vendors. In Transit Blog: In the Shadow of a Fortress, a Moveable Feast 2013-05-17T17:32:51Z An “arty fortress,” was New York Magazine’s phrase. Sugar Hill Housing Will Have a School and a Museum 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z While many forts have been turned into prisons, government offices, guesthouses, or simply left abandoned, Elmina Castle and another infamous fortress, Cape Coast Castle, see thousands of tourists annually. Jacqueline Woodson on Africa, America and Slavery’s Fierce Undertow 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z She built a fortress of pillows and blankets in the guest bedroom, so she could be as close as possible to her grandmother, even as they slept. ‘I’m really just trying to get to know my granddaughter again’ 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z The fortress, which is free to enter, offers a range of other activities, including archery, tennis and basketball, as well as a fairly cheesy exhibit with animatronic dinosaurs. Belgrade: Not only dirt cheap, but a chic party spot 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z One parent provided access to moneyed fortresses like Graceland and Neverland, while the other lived more modestly, in trailer parks with mattresses on the floor. The Riddle of Riley Keough 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Through the sight of Cobb’s rifle, they see Fischer arrive inside the fortress, and then Mal, dropping out of the ceiling with a gun in her hand. Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z The setting could be the Colosseum in Rome or an island fortress near Hong Kong. How Bruce Lee Exploded a Stereotype With a One-Inch Punch 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z The Varmas on Monday became the first overnight guests for some 70 years to stay at the medieval Bran fortress, the model for the "Dracula's castle" of Bram Stoker's Victorian-era novel. Dracula's castle welcomes guests with coffins and no silver 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Beautifully renovated fortress with augmented reality interpretations, a gastro-cultural center and a shop. On Croatia’s Dalmatian coast, the sleepy city of Sibenik shakes things up 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Saturday’s wedding will take place at St George’s Chapel of Windsor Castle, the queen’s home west of London and the oldest and largest inhabited fortress in the world. When Harry weds Meghan: A week until Britain's royal wedding 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z But it also describes a world in which the female body was not merely a temple but a fortress, sheathed in a satin-and-steel architecture that made it unapproachable. | Connecticut: At the Bruce Museum, Gowns as Works of Art 2010-07-10T00:08:00Z In 1523 they were defeated by the Ottoman Turks, so they retreated to Malta, where they set up their new capital and built a huge fortress in anticipation of another Turkish attack. Malta: A citadel of many cultures in the middle of the Mediterranean 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z That was East Berlin, a forbidding fortress of a place, gray and lifeless, brooding and dull. In Berlin, it’s a whole new city, but the Wall’s traces remain In this ancient fortress city in northern Syria, one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited settlements, an ambitious restoration project is near completion in the Old City. Aleppo, Syria to Undergo Historical Restoration 2010-04-19T21:00:00Z Love relationships and marriages are no longer conceived of as fortresses of propriety, such that every difficulty or infidelity must be strenuously denied. Missing the point of the reality of fiction 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z “These were supposed to be strong homes, fortresses against the world.” Tana French Finds Her Niche in Dark Themes 2012-08-26T21:37:24Z Rita and Salvo leave the house and eventually end up at an abandoned factory that’s set on a lonely hill, like a derelict fortress. A Mobster’s Tale in ‘Salvo,’ With Saleh Bakri 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z “All Mujahideen must prevent excavation of antiquities and preserve all historic sites like old fortresses, minarets, towers and other similar sites.” Afghanistan’s National Museum Begins Life Under the Taliban 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Above the town is a row of picturesque windmills and an imposing fortress. 20 Greek islands … you may not have heard of 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z I walled my grandmother in behind an emotional fortress that left me feeling inadequate and insecure. How the Women of the Jemima Code Freed Me 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Mimi is a fortress of middle-class English propriety against the heavily Irish, heavily working-class landscape of Liverpool. "Nowhere Boy": John Lennon, before the Beatles 2010-10-08T11:01:00Z The people in this collection, “Lucky Alan and Other Stories,” also tend to live in their own fortresses of solitude — cut off by fate, choice or temperament. Review: ‘Lucky Alan,’ Jonathan Lethem’s Dreamlike Tales of Seclusion 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z I soon realized that the fortress was the last reminder of the sunny, gentle postcard south of France of lavender fields and quaint B & Bs. Languedoc, France: Brutal History and Beautiful Setting 2010-05-07T18:37:00Z Arturo Stuart, a Sacramentalist preacher, kicks off the action by moving his family to the Cuban city of Cienfuegos, where he’s been called by God to erect a fortress to his faith. A Fortress to Faith — or Faith’s Undoing? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z A relationship of any duration — especially one where there are kids involved — is a special kind of fortress. Stop mourning celebrity divorces: Remember that every single one is “always good news” 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z This medieval fortress is Switzerland’s best castle experience. Lake Geneva: Switzerland’s Riviera 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Granada’s main attraction is undoubtedly the Alhambra, the stunning hilltop Moorish fortress that was home to the emirs who ruled the area in the 13th and 14th centuries. In Granada, Spain, the Tapas Bar Scene Gets Fresh Life 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Medieval fortress at the top of the old town, with an open-air arena. On Croatia’s Dalmatian coast, the sleepy city of Sibenik shakes things up 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z The exterior of the haunted hotel is currently being transformed into an imposing space age fortress covered in power plant-like piping and shimmering earth tones. What to expect from Disney’s new ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ ride 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z But on a misty October morning, I boarded an Alcatraz Ferry in search of other colorful residents of the windswept fortress. On Alcatraz, the island’s prison gardens are in full flower 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Evan lives in a Superman-style "fortress of solitude," a Beverly Hills penthouse equipped with a floating Maglev bed and an 18th century Japanese sword mounted on one wall. Gregg Hurwitz is full of thrilling, erudite contradictions 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Even across the strange digital fortress that lay between us, it still felt like an old-fashioned moment. Facebook stalking his ex-girlfriend 2013-01-08T01:00:00Z Kelley's last exhibition in London was a lament on the death of privacy: there is nowhere to hide in an "exploded fortress of solitude". Our memories of Mike Kelley's art will be shaped by the manner of his death 2012-05-16T15:49:27Z The story of an early kidnapping gone awry that led to a woman's death opens our eyes to the family's vulnerability before their paterfamilias built the fortress around them; they are human, after all. With “The Murdochs: Empire of Influence," CNN has its "Succession" 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Thus we watch the once-resplendent Merz household become increasingly shabby and bare, as what once felt like a familial fortress is transformed into a defenseless sanctuary. Review: In ‘Leopoldstadt,’ Tom Stoppard Reckons With His Jewish Roots 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z While toddlers and preschoolers try jousting on play horses and piecing together plastic bricks, kids older than 7 work as “master builders” who design castles on a computer, test various defenses and create fortresses. Port Discovery in Baltimore offers a ‘Castle Adventure’ for Lego fans 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Instead of the safe passage they had been promised, the soldiers were loaded into trucks and diverted to the ancient Qala-i-Jangi fortress on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z Built over the ruins of a hilltop fortress overlooking the town of Carmona, near Seville and an hour from Cordoba. In Andalusia’s three key cities, one of history’s great architectural mash-ups 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z July 13 In Peru, Stones, Bones, and for the Main Course … Heading into the Peruvian Amazon, the Frugal Traveler finds archaeologists uncovering skulls at a hilltop fortress bigger than Machu Picchu. Life on the Road, Colectivo Style 2010-07-15T21:19:00Z Through every major city in Spain, foreigners engulf monuments and parks, meandering up and down castles, fortresses, museums, cathedrals, and, at the Alhambra in Granada, napping in the shade of foliage in the manicured gardens. In Spain, Searching for Ancestors, Dry Wine and Calm Seas 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z At the same time, Israeli and Palestinian entrepreneurs are right to see their future countries not as fortresses but as hubs. What Israel Meant to Amos Oz 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z This is what William the Conqueror intended in 1070, when he built the fortress over a chalk outgrowth high above the Thames, as a part of the ring of forts he erected around London. In Windsor, England, a look at Harry and Meghan’s (relatively) low-key wedding site 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Photograph: Getty And for those who doubt the role architecture can play in forging national identity, there is the Citadelle Laferrière in the north, the largest fortress in the western hemisphere. Haiti: rocked to its foundations 2011-01-11T21:31:00Z Washington and London were seen as imperiled fortresses doing battle with the Kremlin, under threat from without or within. The Trump era is posing some major challenges for thriller novelists 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z It’s a year in the life of this 9-year-old girl who lives in an abandoned fortress with her mother and her loving but volatile father and his group of robbers in medieval Renaissance times. Adam Brody Feels All the Feels With Surfing, ‘Avatar’ and Cate Le Bon 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z The White House is kind of a fortress now, but that wasn’t always the case. Have deep, probing questions about the White House? Here is your source. 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z We can use it, to turn the Cortez into a fortress against the modern world, a world I hate.” ‘American Horror Story’ Season 5, Episode 9: Wedding Day 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The walls of the old fortress are stunning, made up of heavy stones, some of which weigh 125 tons. Cuzco, Peru, Can Be Breathtaking (in More Ways Than One) 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z “For her, the house is a fortress that will protect her.” In ‘The Girl Before,’ Minimalism Offers a Dangerous Sanctuary 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Soon the mall becomes a fortress, hostages are taken, and the wave machine churns up a corpse. Megaphone by Natalie Bakopoulos 2012-05-28T15:00:00Z But as this story plays out, it is becoming increasingly clear that he's not spending any time in undersea fortresses, sipping Dom Perignon and designing an army of killer robots. Assange: Bond villain -- or Bourne? 2010-12-03T16:04:00Z Their main task is to keep the fortress walls from outright collapse. India in One, Two or Three Weeks 2012-03-23T18:57:13Z Reams have been written about her marriage, that impenetrable fortress of two, and how it shaped their children, their politics, and every other aspect of their lives. In first lady, Nancy Reagan found the role of a lifetime 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Tangier’s is enclosed in the walls of a 15th-century Portuguese fortress, with charming, twisted, narrow streets painted in a riot of colors. The 52 Places Traveler: The Trickiness of Being a Woman in Tangier 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z “During the war it was our fortress,” she told the Phnom Penh Post. Fatale attraction: a cocktail created for Jackie Kennedy in Phnom Penh 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z “I don’t like jails, churches, fortresses, palaces, libraries, museums, nor public statues to the dead,” he wrote. In Crete, Henry Miller Found His Muse Amid the Ruins 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z It’s not necessary, but hiring an official guide through the city’s tourism bureau or your hotel will help you to understand the historical and geopolitical context of this stunning fortress. My grandfather wrote a Moroccan travelogue in 1920. Almost a century later, I set out to re-create his trip. 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z At Sacsayhuaman, the stunning ancient Incan fortress, I ran into a small issue: There was no way to buy a ticket for just the fortress. Cuzco, Peru, Can Be Breathtaking (in More Ways Than One) 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z A room which, don't forget, is inside of an ancient magical fortress in Kathmandu, Nepal, that houses mystical relics alongside a DVR stacked with classic TV episodes. We all love Wongers, who brings the real magic to the MCU 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z That fortress was breached long ago, about the time Paris Hilton and her Chihuahua showed up. 2010-02-12T23:10:00Z A steep, zigzag path leads up to the even bigger Upper Town, whose fortress, in its day, was considered the mightiest in Byzantine Greece. Rick Steves’ Europe / An unspoiled escape in Greece 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Along with several guests from the camping site, I followed Michael Wydysh, a park interpreter, while he wove in and out of the fortress’s archways with a flashlight to cut through the darkness. West of Key West, an Under-the-Radar National Park 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Speaking of the locals in the vicinity of the island fortress they inhabit, Edgar dismisses them as a thoroughly bad lot. Theater Review: ‘The Dance of Death’ by August Strindberg 2013-04-19T21:15:39Z The work, titled "little hunger," places the dancers in "a cage of wire, a fortress of feathers and a stream of words written on the body." A double-bill from Aiko Kinoshita/acornDance and Company Y/Roel Hammerschlag 2010-05-25T20:02:00Z Back in the Precambrian era when I was a neophyte scribbler, publishing houses weren't quite the fortresses they are today and you could almost get by – or rather in – without an agent. And now there's a book out there with your name on it. Imagine that 2011-04-12T11:51:16Z Belvedere Castle in Central Park looks indestructible, a fortress of stone presiding over the Great Lawn. Central Park, Bucolic but Aging, Is in a Quest for $300 Million 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Along Boulevard Mohammed V, the main drag, tour companies trumpeted day trips to valleys, gorges, oases, mountains, fortresses, perched villages, desert expanses and other breathtaking spots that draw rugged travelers to this quiet backwater. Morocco, From Coast to Desert 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z His fortress, like Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum several blocks north — which contrived its own enclosed, spiral version of a vertical city — reflected ambivalence about what was outside the front door. Review: A New Whitney Lets New York City Pour In 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Yael depicts a perilous journey through the desert to the haven of Masada, an old fortress of King Herod's that has stores of food and sits atop an enormous rock plateau protected by treacherous cliffs. 'The Dovekeepers': Alice Hoffman's novel of the siege of Masada 2011-10-05T23:00:08Z The perch is also a bit of a fortress. | 'Collected Stories': Linda Lavin as Donald Margulies?s Vision of Faded Fame 2010-04-28T23:01:00Z The totality evokes a heraldic banner, but also a fortress facade. Romare Bearden’s Rarely Seen Abstract Side 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z This is an old fortress/prison set on the island of If, a few kilometres from the main port of Marseille. The best of France ? as chosen by our readers 2011-03-21T17:16:00Z The Google campus "can't be a fortress that shuts away nature, that shuts away the neighbors," Ingels said in the video. Google's new headquarters design takes transparency to new levels 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z In contrast, San Franciscans famously rebelled against the private buses and corporate fortresses tech set up. Amazon’s HQ2 Will Benefit From New York City. But What Does New York Get? 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z In the fortress, Fischer punches the combination, 528941, into a massive vault door, which opens to reveal his father’s hospital room. Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z On Saturday 1 December, the Red Cross arrived at the fortress and the survivors, who for several days had been trying to surrender, were finally allowed to exit the basement. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z And those cliches about warnings wash up just as they always do, against the old, imperturbable fortress of complacency, denial and greed. Perspective | The photos of Greece on fire are shocking. But shock doesn’t always lead to change. 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z He’s out for Laurie, of course, who has become a paranoid, rabid grandmother with a fortress for a house. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Halloween’ and ‘The Perfection’ 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z The hospital has a defibrillator, so all Eames and Saito need to do is revive him the instant before the kick, which on this level is an explosion big enough to destroy the fortress. Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z Best of all, it is a great spot to view the eclectic architecture of Tbilisi – the medieval fortress, crumbling Soviet houses and enormous modern constructions. 10 of the best rooftop bars in Europe: readers’ travel tips 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Serbian media described the performance late Saturday at Belgrade's fortress before some 20,000 fans as a "scandal" and a "disaster." Amy Winehouse booed at start of tour 2011-06-19T10:16:05Z It looked again like the fortress he entered six months ago when the Swiss released him from jail on $4.5 million bail. 8 months after arrest, a serene life for Polanski 2010-05-27T15:46:00Z A forbidding fortress built on a slope and controlling the only passable road on the English side of the Cheviot Hills, it was built to hold the North. "Game of Thrones" in real life: Actual history, just as epic as George R.R. Martin's tales 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z After a fellow pirate captain was executed at a Portuguese slave fortress, Walter Kennedy stormed the castle, captured it, and burned it to the ground. Is piracy a radical force? 2012-09-03T14:30:00Z From the harbor, gravel paths extend along the coast and into the interior, leading to the ruins of a 19th-century hospital and various fortresses. 36 Hours in Marseille 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z In the hills around Bundi, there are a lot of monkeys — you can see them up on the ridge where there’s fortresses, and I was like, “I’m going to go up there.” Thieving monkeys and felonious caterpillars: Mary Roach’s research for ‘Fuzz’ was full of surprises 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z But slow was not an option in Annecy, an attractive town of medieval fortresses and Venetian canals, 30 minutes by car south of Geneva in the Haute-Savoie. Crescendo, in Double Time 2010-09-01T11:43:00Z Ten miles shy of the fortress the road was closed indefinitely. Divine intervention on a trip to the holy land 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z The fortress of House Percy had been built to keep them in the North. "Game of Thrones" in real life: Actual history, just as epic as George R.R. Martin's tales 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z Between “The Silence of the Lambs” and “Philadelphia,” Demme made “Cousin Bobby,” about Robert Castle, an Episcopalian minister in Harlem: a firebrand built like a fortress. The Loss of Jonathan Demme 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z The concrete fortress wall, with shredded plastic bags caught in rivulets of barbed wire. ‘The Night Of’ Season 1, Episode 3: Outsiders 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z But the highlight of the trip, according to Byron’s letters, remains one of Switzerland’s most thrilling attractions: the Château de Chillon, a medieval fortress whose turrets rise dreamlike from the waters. Lake Geneva as Shelley and Byron Knew It 2011-05-27T19:00:27Z None, really: The ultimate mystery of Kahlo’s limpid inner life is safely locked inside her little fortress of solitude. Jeffrey Vallance has a conversation with Leonardo and other giants at CB1 Gallery 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Start at Braye Harbour and head west along the north coast to Fort Tourgis, the largest of the Victorian fortresses and a great place to explore. 10 great walks on Britain's tiny islands 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z While Conwy oozes with Welsh charm, the most famous Welsh fortress is half an hour’s drive away at Caernarfon Castle, where the last two Princes of Wales were invested. Wales: Packed with castles and charm 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The fortress offers spectacular views of the town below, the Mediterranean and on a clear day, Valencia in the distance. Take a day-trip back in time to Spain’s Sagunto castle 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z The mesa ahead was a fortress, rearing up before us in a thousand-foot palisade of sandstone and shale; the world’s most intimidating layer cake. A Bicycle Tour Through Remote Southwest Canyon Country 2010-07-31T04:30:00Z Central Asia This vast area of the Islamic world also contains some of its greatest highlights: Samarkand’s blue domes, Bukhara’s maze-like old town and Khiva’s fortress walls – and that is just in Uzbekistan. Can Middle East tourism ever recover? 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The next morning, Sunday 25 November, was sunny and warm at the Qala-i-Jangi fortress. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z |
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