Lincoln continues to showcase center-opening doors designed around a "ring frame" that allows the chassis to stay rigid even without a center pillar.
Fires and riots tore through Britain's showcase holding center for asylum seekers overnight in what the police said appeared to be an attempted mass escape by some of its 380 inmates.
Even then, however, I recall being struck by how the interiors of homes and cafés and shops were so carefully cleaned and cared for, while the streets, as soon as one was away from the showcase city center, were often in a state of abject disrepair.
A few feet away, beneath a video showcasing the center's achievements, Ossie Hamilton, in a blue blazer and a red bow tie, sipped white wine.
About 250 scientists from five countries are participating in a Colloquium on Brain Research here this weekend to showcase the new center, and Richard Nakamura, deputy director of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health, is heading a delegation that expects to sign a memorandum of understanding for future collaborations and scientific exchanges with NBRC.
His first solo art exhibition, Plate Convergence (2007), held at Chicago's Hyde Park Art Center, showcased a fictional mixed-race ceramist played by an actor.
The seven-tank Yawkey Coral Reef Center showcases lesser-known animals resting on its bottom that are often difficult to see.
Down the hall, an extensive visitors center showcases all things Obama-plus-Moneygall. There's an exhibit on other famous locals, a bust of Obama, a giant photo of Healy shaking the President's hand.
Many of the young artists showcased at the center -- including the painters Barry McGee and Margaret Kilgallen, the sculptor Kathryn Spence and the photographer Todd Hido -- have gone on to exhibit work in important galleries and museums around the country.
But later years proved his point, with the MacArthur Foundation eventually funding his work in 1994, the Lincoln Center showcasing it with a full orchestra (playing his 1972 symphony Skies of America) in 1997 and, 10 years later, he won the Pulitzer prize for music for his album Sound Grammar – the first jazz work to be awarded it.
What an amazing opportunity for our little land to be showcased front and center on the international stage!
