We were about to reboard the bus for another ninety minutes, to snatch a photo of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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Instead, he threw cannonballs of two different sizes off the Tower of Pisa, and, checking to make sure that no-one was down there, watched what happened.

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The sculpture is taller than the Angel of the North, in Gateshead, and leans at a greater angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy.

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"Every single one of them used Italian flags, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and an Italian accent when they were reading the storyboard to me, " she said.

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If not for the level, you'd have to walk uphill to cross your bedroom, pencils would roll right off your desk and the Empire State Building might look like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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When it works, this silly symphony of jerk pans and jump cuts can be both authentically experiential and conceptually playful, as in a breathtaking rescue from an apartment building listing like the Tower of Pisa.

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Global landmarks that are going green on 17 March include Niagara Falls, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Burj al Arab in Dubai, Table Mountain in South Africa, New York's Empire State Building and Berlin's TV Tower.

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In her chapter on Galileo, Ferguson tells us that the arrogant, self-promoting Italian did not invent the telescope, and it is doubtful he conducted the legendary display of dropping weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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When we reached Pisa and its charmingly goofy tower, each of us took turns standing at the perfect spot, grimacing, arms outstretched, for the photo of ourselves holding up the tower.

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