LeMessurier faced a stark choice.
LeMessurier agreed that could work, but why not notch two, three, or even all four corners, essentially constructing the skyscraper on stilts.
LeMessurier used this last one in Citicorp.
LeMessurier expected the damper to reduce the amplitude of swaying by roughly 50%, and he saved around $4 million by not needing an additional 2,800 tons of structural steel.
LeMessurier was talking with another client about welding similar chevron braces.
LeMessurier trusted that his team did the right calculations, and the substitution was fine, logical, even.
LeMessurier remembered his earlier phone call.
LeMessurier requested the building diagrams and poured over all of the connections.
LeMessurier's firm considered the braces to be minor structural elements.
LeMessurier squirreled himself away in Maine and worked through the data from the wind tunnel again, joint by joint on every floor.
LeMessurier dug through the historical weather reports.
LeMessurier needed to decide and decide fast.
LeMessurier pinned all his hopes on it.
LeMessurier described that next morning in New York as the most beautiful day that the world's ever seen.
Lemon. Do y'all want to know a secret?
Lemongrass, too much? No, no, no.
Lemon. And then you'll do a little scene, and you'll find the funny with each other.
Lemon juice? Yeah, so we're going to add the lemon juice.
Lemon-garlic paste is a good one.
Lemon juice, pinch of salt, pepper.
lemon that's me that's because I get in my fridge so uh we could make make a
Lemurs have been there for 60 million years.
Lemurs are going to move.
Lemonade's lemon, sugar, honey.
Lemon juice is going to just clean the whole dish up.
Lemon juice and olive oil.
Lemon juice. Also very good.
lemon juice, lime juice, vinegar.
lemonade. I was very, very scared of the bees.
lemonade. And we didn't know that that-- well, of course, we thought it was special, but we didn't know that that cookbook would help start a business.
lemon peel. Um and then this one is a green tomato. So, an unripe tomato
Lemon and Go Go.
Lemony Snicket is narrating this.
Lemons and apples are two things that naturally hold an enormous amount of pectin.
LeMay himself, having worked with Cecil B. DeMille and some other maniacs in Hollywood, knew he didn't want to work with John Ford.
lemon zest and I've got to get all those parts.
Lemme just tell you, I'm, people ask me why I donated to this particular cause.
Lemongrass. You've all used lemongrass before.
lemongrass like this. I use a coffee grinder which is dedicated to non-coffee flavored things.
Lemme just tell you right now, Paramount didn't have a masseuse on duty.
LeMond, he was out to try to win it himself.
LeMond is very open and friendly and warm.
Lemme tell you right now.
Lemon? And I was like, "no, that's my idea; I need to do it".
Lemonade. A security guard saw it and immediately called the police and an emergency ambulance team.
lemon juice, and a load of chopped herbs.
lemon how do you feel about using knives I'm good okay I'm trusting you actually hold this really quick I'm going so
lemon juice and a little bit of chives uh I have a tahini lemon dressing where you just take a little Sesame paste
lemon zest Capers corny shones and you let it marinate in the refrigerator for 24 hours and then you just slice it very
lemme show you there's a black hole badge that right now, the black hole badge is -- we have it defined. It's the most legendary badge on the Khan Academy. It's actually impossible