Last Monday, in his inaugural address, President Obama spoke of the collective responsibility that the next generation bears to build upon the work of earlier pioneers, especially with regard to social equality and economic opportunity.
It must have been a bear to build such a throwback-style tiller and still get it past rigorous safety tests, but BMW made it work without compromise.
They want to build bore holes to gain access to clean water so the women don't have to walk several kilometres to collect infected river water.
Mr. Bush told world leaders in meetings and telephone calls today that the coalition he hopes to build bore little resemblance to the one assembled for the Persian Gulf war in 1991 or any other American war.
The Germans took the Ishtar Gate, the French grabbed ceramics and the Turks used the bricks, some of which still bore Nebuchadnezzar's name, to build dams on the Euphrates.
Originally a shortstop in the Negro Leagues, he became a second baseman during his tenure with the Bears, and started to build a reputation as an excellent fielder, leading all minor league second basemen in fielding percentage in 1953.
For other toys, add in the American Girl subculture (more than just dolls, but books, newsletters and an entire community) -- and the interactivity of Build-A-Bear, which allows you to build your own teddy bear from stuffing to clothing.
The themes are surprisingly familiar, revealing parallels with contemporary architect's battles with clients' conflicting tastes, the process of dumbing down designs and "value engineering", as well as fancifully Photoshopped depictions of completed buildings that bear little relation to built reality.
I know of one woman who has more than 1,300 bears; another lady had to build an extension on her Florida home to accommodate her collection.
With the arrival of fall, when the bears are voraciously feeding to build up a store of fat for winter, they travel to the high country to dig up the squirrel caches.
