Isabella Swan (Kristen Stewart), a lovely, slender, self-possessed high-school junior, moves to a new school in rainy Washington State and sees a tall, inordinately pale boy, Edward Cullen (the square-jawed Robert Pattinson), glowering at her in despair.

NEWYORKER: Twilight

The 4-foot-tall high school junior weighed 23 pounds when he started the trial.

CNN: Advances in kids' early aging disease

The fence consisted of seven or eight strands of high-voltage barbed wire, spaced about a foot apart, strung between tall poles.

WSJ: Escape From a North Korean Prison

Fred Weir was still handsome then, his dark hair swept back from a sharp peak in a high-templed forehead, a tall, athletic fellow with a charming grin.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Trauma'

Three families, with only a few wagons and oxen as possessions, head West on the high desert in 1845, led by a garrulous but evasive tall-tale artist named Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), who may or may not be taking them to a beautiful valley in Oregon.

NEWYORKER: Meek's Cutoff

And I wanted to look grown, you know, I want to wear tall high-heeled shoes, and fishtail gowns, and big long rhinestone earrings, you know.

NPR: Etta James: Still Singing Her Song

The Otsuka is the only place in the world to see all six panels of El Greco's 41-foot-tall "High Altar" together.

FORBES: Michelangelos: Made in Japan

The Otsuka is the only place in the world to see all six panels of El Greco's 12-meter- tall "High Altar" together.

FORBES: Michelangelos: Made in Japan