Dreamed up in 1944 by its architect as a symbol of rebirth after a huge bombing raid, it was finished in 1954 and, for nearly a decade, stood as Europe's tallest building, thrusting Amiens out into a bright, brash new world.
When the music switches to a loud dance beat, we change step to a cha-cha, and a tall thin man thrusts his arm up and yells, "Woohoo!
Other militaries emulated Frederick (taller soldiers had longer strides, could thrust their bayonets farther, and had an easier time reloading their long rifles) and Hall argues that it was at this point in history — when tall soldiers were more coveted than shorter ones — that the market (and moral) value of height first became institutionalized.
They look at pictures of themselves online the next day, and mentally adjust for the next time stand a little bit taller, suck it in, arms out, thrust the chin.
Mr. Katter -- dapper, silver-haired, with posture and movement evoking a tall Fred Astaire -- stood beside the new thrust stage recently, admiring its trap doors and advanced lighting technology.
At that period, porches, pilasters, vaults and drums were arranged to create a vertical thrust, to make the church seem taller than it was.
On the coasts of British Columbia, the prodigious rainfall, sunny summers, and rich soil thrust the cedar and spruce upward; the taller ones shed their lower branches like the vestigia of a rocket ship.
Into the room strides a tall, lanky man with a north-weathered smile: Mike Reimer, hand thrust in greeting.
Exclusiveness has always been an accusation made by the people of Sydney against this tall, athletic, ascetic figure who came apparently from outer space to thrust an unwanted greatness on their inner harbour.
In the northern Australian territories, humid air hits heated land and is thrust upwards, rapidly cooling and condensing to form clouds that are taller than the world's highest mountains.
At almost eight feet tall and over four feet wide, the grainy, oversized, unframed prints enhance the feeling of a hellish underworld and thrust its grossness at viewers, as if to rebuke casual art consumers for their complacency.
