The rink was built on the fairgrounds in front of a 15,000-seat permanent grandstand on a dirt auto racing track and leveled with what was described as "tons of granite".
As scientists we are trained to describe a ton of details and background information before we give the final results.
The Mediterranean-style home has direct beach access via steps down a cliff and interior furnishings described alternately as "tons of marble and fancy chandeliers" or "on the gaudy side". That last description from a competing listing agent.
It will start a Web site, 2012 Live, this weekend that will serve as a home for what Mr. VandeHei described as "tons and tons of stories" in addition to the kind of minutiae that Politico believes political enthusiasts can never get enough of — politicians' daily schedules, county-by-county demographic data in key primary states and historical voting trends.
A review in American Artist described it as "Six tons of steel, copper, aluminum and glass, fused into a monolithic mosaic panel of beauty and permanence that seems to float on air". How permanent it is remains to be seen.
"Environmental racism," he sneered after describing how 4 million tons of coal ash were disposed of in Uniontown, Ala., which is 90percentt African American.
The reports you'll have access to (though there are some oddly missing pages) describe the millions of tons of garbage that will be processed here, how the smell of the garbage will be "deodorized" before being expelled into our air, how the garbage will be shoveled around and processed under the watchful eye of rat-catchers, and why there'll have to be radiation detectors at the gate..
Describing the half-ton of bakery artifacts that has been collected, as well as signs of a military garrison, Dr. Darnell said the settlement was "baking enough bread to feed an army, literally".
When I ask how that's possible, given federal law, Shively describes spending a ton of money in legal fees to come up with a proprietary "deal structure" that allows him to acquire medical marijuana dispensaries and recreational pot stores across the country without creating any criminal liability.
Love's latest game, Analogue: A Hate Story, is a bit of a toughie to describe, but it's catching tons of critical buzz, and it's a finalist for this fall's carefully-curated Indiecade festival, too.
