CLIMAX
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CLIMAX. 1. In rhetoric, an ascending series of words, ideas, or events, in which intensity and significance increase step by step: ‘For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost’ ( Benjamin Franklin,
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1758).
2. In drama, a crisis or moment of decision. In a five-act play, such as Shakespeare's, the climax usually occurs near the end of the third act.
3. In general usage, the highest or most intense point in an experience or series of events. By implication, anything following a climax is anticlimactic, but a work of literature, a drama, and life itself may sustain a series of minor and major climaxes. Generally, in the 20c, a play, novel, or film ends after its main climax. See
ANTICLIMAX.
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Richard Meier, FAIA, World Renowned Architect of New Getty Center, Selects Bentley and MicroStation TriForma.
Business Wire; 5/14/1998; 700+ words
; ...Thursday announced that the world renown architect Richard Meier, FAIA of New York, has selected MicroStation...www.bentley.com/news/bwire/. More on Richard Meier Richard Meier received his architectural training at Cornell...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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The unrepentent modernist: from the oilman's museum to the pope's millennial church. (architect Richard Meier wins commission for the Church of the Year 2000 to be built in the Torre Treste area of Rome)(Moreover)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 2/7/1998; 700+ words
; ...NOBODY could beat Richard Meier in the fight for...collector who paid Mr Meier $20m for a house...Deep down is Richard's absolute need...still haunts him, Mr Meier says. As a project...surmises. And with Richard Meier, the MOMA...
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Richard Meier: white knight: for forty years the acclaimed architect has steadfastly--and successfully--pursued his singular vision.
Magazine article from: Town & Country; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Libeskind), New York-based Richard Meier remains a resolute practitioner...Altar of Peace) on the Tiber. Meier (who'd won the project's design...shadow, solids and voids."--Richard Meier, accepting the 1984 Pritzker Architecture...
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Modernist With A Mission; Architect Richard Meier Moves Beyond the Getty
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/6/1997; ; 700+ words
; Being Richard Meier has its challenges. No...recalls. For 30 years, Meier has designed in white...or purpose of a project, Meier has maintained the same...his houses. The book, "Richard Meier Houses," was published...
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Jubilee Church by Richard Meier Opens in Rome, Italy Roman Archdiocese' Millennium Project.
PR Newswire; 10/20/2003; 700+ words
; ...October 26, 2003 Richard Meier will attend the highly...the work of Richard Meier & Partners...Communications Richard Meier & Partners...richardmeier.com Richard Meier & Partners...richardmeier.com, both of Richard Meier & Partners...
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Jubilee Church by Richard Meier opens in Rome, Italy Roman Archdiocese' Millennium Project.
PR Newswire; 10/20/2003; 700+ words
; ...October 26, 2003 Richard Meier will attend the highly...the work of Richard Meier & Partners...Communications Richard Meier & Partners...richardmeier.com Richard Meier & Partners...richardmeier.com, both of Richard Meier & Partners...
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Richard Meier: Art and Architecture Opens 12 October 2007.
PR Newswire; 9/10/2007; 700+ words
; ...upcoming retrospective exhibition of Richard Meier: Art and Architecture. The solo...and product design over 45 years. Richard Meier remains the youngest recipient...years of architectural practice, Richard Meier has been making sculpture...
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Richard Meier reflects on over 40 years of architecture: with a career in architecture that spans more than four decades, Richard Meier, FAIA, shared some of his memories and learning experiences with a large audience at Coverings 2007 in Chicago, IL.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Stone & Tile Design; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; Recently, world-renowned architect Richard Meier, FAIA, spoke to a packed room at Coverings 2007...University and opened his own architecture firm--Richard Meier & Partners LLP--in New York in 1963, has won...
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Richard Meier & Partners: two offices by and for the architectural firm. (New York & Los Angeles) (Designers' Own Offices)
Magazine article from: Interior Design; 5/1/1988; ; 700+ words
; Richard Meier & Partners Two offices by and for...York Entering the Manhattan offices of Richard Meier & Partners, one has a singular...is the headquarters' true luxury, and Richard Meier himself readily concurred. Otherwise...
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 "The New York Observer (New York, NY)")
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Richard Meier Builds Perry Street Palace For Calvin and Martha.(FinancialObserver)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 12/4/2000; 700+ words
; ...the evening of Nov. 20, architect Richard Meier was wearing his signature black suit...was a model of the two towers Mr. Meier has designed at 173 and 176 Perry...development. Mr. Meier partnered with Richard Born, Charles Blaichman and Ira...
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Richard Meier
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Richard Meier Beginning in the mid-1960s, the New York architect Richard Meier (born 1934) consistently explored the potential...Born in Newark, New Jersey, on October 12, 1934, Richard Meier studied architecture at Cornell University...
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Meier, Richard 1934-
Book article from: American Decades
Richard Meier 1934- Architect Education and Training A native of Newark, New Jersey, Meier received his architectural training at Cornell...Getty Center The 1980s set the stage for how Meier would spend the next decade. Then based...
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Meier, Richard Alan
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Meier, Richard Alan (1934– ). American architect, he worked...Jodidio (1993, 1995, 1995 b , 1996, 1997); Klotz (1988); Meier (1984); Meier et al. (1996); Pettena (ed.) (1981 a )
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Awards
Book article from: American Decades
...Ellis Award for Menswear: Richard Tyler/Richard Bengtsson and Edward Pavlick for Richard Edwards (tie) 1996 Womenswear Designer of...1996 — No Winner 1997 — Richard Meier 1998 — No Winner 1999 —...
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Drug Trafficking, Illegal
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...use in the late 1960s prompted President Richard Nixon to declare a "War on Drugs...University of California Press, 1996. Meier, Kenneth J. The Politics of Sin: Drugs...York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Richard M. Flanagan See also Crime, Organized...
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