Finally, culture, as a means of communication, social cohesion, economic growth and creativity remains a priority for UNESCO, since it continues to bridge the peoples of the world.
It promises to bridge the world of molecules with the "macro" world that the rest of us inhabit.
These days using a Yahoo e-mail address carries all the cultural cachet of carrying a Zune, signaling membership in the bridge-and-tunnel crowd of the tech world.
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From its ribbon cutting in 2004, the viaduct was destined for Guinness: When finished, it had the highest road deck in Europe, the tallest piers and highest bridge tower in the world, and the longest launch of a bridge deck.
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"By basing the center here at the school, we can act as a bridge between the academic world and the world of business and finance, bringing together people from different backgrounds, academic disciplines and from the international business community, to jointly focus on the most important policy debates of our time, " he said.
The bridge at Ironbridge, the world's first bridge constructed of iron, had a considerable influence on developments in the fields of technology and architecture.
Baghdad also now boasts what Iraqis claim is the Middle East's tallest tower (erected in competition with Kuwait), the region's only double-decker bridge and a complete reconstruction of the world's oldest palace at nearby Babylon.
"New York has great things to bridge the tech community with the rest of the world, " he said.
For us at the other end of the world when we are trying to bridge responsible tourism with conservation and community, that puts enormous pressure on us.
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Using their deep knowledge, and social savvy, the sisters are using tastings, events, speaking engagements, and more to build a bridge between the old-world nature of whisky and the demand for quality they see in the marketplace.
The plight of Ali, whose parents, brother and seven other family members died in the attack in the Diala Bridge district east of the capital, touched the hearts of many around the world.
Rumour, myth and innuendo have it that Hitler was so impressed by both the view down the Arno and the collection of art that it was the only bridge not blown up by German troops as they retreated during World War II.
"This means using our characters -- characters children love and parents trust -- to bridge some of the world's most intractable divides, " Knell said.
Opened in 1890, The Forth Bridge is a Scottish icon that is recognised the world over as the most famous of cantilever designs.
The Forth Bridge will be one of a select group of locations that have been awarded World Heritage Site Status in the UK. These include the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, the Derwent Valley Mills and the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd.
In the world of architecture, this week Vietnam unveiled the world's largest dragon-shaped bridge -- and it actually breathes fire!
For seven years Warren Buffett, the so-called Oracle of Omaha, ranked just behind his good friend and bridge partner Bill Gates as the world's second-richest man.
Today, UNESCO and the World Bank are coordinating the work of multicultural teams rebuilding the Mostar Bridge.
The anticensorship and anonymity service Tor, for instance, has found that many of its "bridge nodes"--secretly placed servers around the world designed to connect users to the rest of Tor's maze of anonymizing computers--have become inaccessible to Chinese users within hours or even minutes of being set up, according to Andrew Lewman, the project's executive director.
By comparison, China's 36 kilometer (22 mile) Hangzhou Bay Bridge, the world's longest sea-crossing bridge, over seven times the length of the Mumbai bridge, took four years to get completed.
The goal of the challenge, hosted on the Bridge Web Platform, is to incentivize scientists from around the world to work together to develop a model that best predicts the survival of breast cancer patients.
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To hear the environmental stalwarts tell the story of the future, natural gas is supposed to be our bridge fuel to a bright new world of renewable energy, with solar panels on every roof and windmills in every town.
Although the World Heritage Site includes only the bridge, there are existing conservation areas on either side of it.
McLean was a musical bridge between post-World War II bebop and the progressive jazz of the 1960s.
On taking office, Lula offered himself as a bridge between two worlds, between the Davos crowd of business types and the World Social Forum of social and environmental activists.
While Bill Gates and Warren Buffett--numbers one and two on last year's Forbes Billionaires list-- engage in a genteel game of bridge, Lakshmi Mittal is ripping apart the world's steel industry and reshaping it to his liking.
She has squabbled publicly with her most famous compatriot, microcredit pioneer and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, over his control of Grameen Bank, and with the World Bank over a bridge project linked to corruption allegations.
Up to 650 international crews will begin and end the world's longest ocean race in front of Tower Bridge.
Officials do not say whether this would involve a tunnel or a bridge, but at around 100km in length, either would be the longest of its type in the world.
"I think my understanding of the United States as a society, as a culture, as a government, as an interest -- the national interest of America, as well as my understanding of the Arab world and the Muslim world -- I think I can be a bridge that will help, " said Fadel Lamen, a seasoned professional who specializes in Middle East affairs.
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