One 16-inch shell struck the control tower.

一发16英寸的炮弹击中了那座指挥塔。

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Pei's uncertain marriage here of sections of his Louvre pyramid with an almost brutalist concrete tower has never struck anything approaching the right chord: the museum neither rocks nor rolls.

贝聿铭和他的卢浮宫金字塔，是一次与野兽派般的混凝土建筑的奇怪联姻，一切中规中距的事物都格格不入：博物馆可不是摇滚。

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Trouble struck when they were stringing the heavy cable from one tower to the other.

沉重的纲索从一个塔牵引到另一个塔上去的时候，麻烦来了。

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He included the airline in his claims for damages after American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles struck the north tower of the trade center, killing 86 passengers and crew members, along with the hijackers.

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In 2009, 16 tourists were injured when their balloon struck a cellphone transmission tower.

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In Auckland, the major city closest to the International Date Line, fireworks exploded over the city's 328m (1, 076ft) Sky Tower as midnight struck (11:00 GMT).

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