At the far end of the parkway, at the top of the steps leading up to the Greek Revival facade of the Museum of Art (remember them from "Rocky"?), stands a bold red stabile called "The Eagle," by A. S.'s son, Alexander Calder.
The near-vertical 12m (39ft) rocky outcrop stood on the mountain's southeast ridge, and was the last great challenge before the top.
What Rocky really stands for is the long-term shift away from m.c.s who are merely clever versifiers and toward those who combine personality, vocal timbre, and confidence to establish an identity that marks a body of work.
At the end of his set, his crew and ASAP Rocky's crew stood at center stage together, staking a claim to victory that was not really challenged.
Am Buachaille, a rocky sea stack, stood guard-like to one side, the giant grey slabs which cut into the sea were bathed in frothing waves, and the dim glow of the Cape Wrath lighthouse sent out a muted white beam beyond the cliffs to my right.
The strikers abandoned the football stadium as a meeting place, because it was too close to the NUM, and began to assemble instead on a "koppie" – a rocky hill, that stood on a wide plane of wasteland near one of the settlements.
At the rocky peak, Mr. Kachu stood triumphantly, waving two flags, Kenya's national flag and another one that said peace.
One of the obstacles facing the Redcoats, led by Sir Henry Clinton, was a heavy iron chain stretched across the Hudson and anchored at the rocky promontory where Fort Montgomery stood.
(Although I only ever knew it as Chaco Canyon). I can still recall the scent of cool damp rocky soil as I stood in a stone room in Pueblo Bonito during the rapidly rising desert heat.
