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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 27, 1936 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary when two Aren f Woeffer of him one twin towers a concept Fiose initial a peal fades quickly. You won t find thai definition in a  Many of life s lessons the knowledge Only comes through experience. So too Wilh inc Aba. To believe some Hardwood experts twin towers is the greatest thing since the slam Dunk. Even he theoreticians Are gelling in the act. Think of in two concentric circles of Power. Two tenters of Gravity. Sort of reminds you of if the right one Don t get you inc left one will refrain. The Houston Rock cos Are credited with writing inc Ida s version of the twin towers song. With Akem Olajuwan and Ralph Sampson the rockets Lowers of Power carried Houston to no. 2 on the basketball charts but those who equate twin towers to solid Gold never spent time in a midwestern Small College in the 70s, had they done so they would have Learned a lesson about identical structures thai might have them whistling a less up Tempo number today. The College had t even heard the term slam Dunk while construction moved along for an edifice thai was to serve As Home for some of its upperclassmen. The building was symmetrical featuring two three Story bloc houses Wilh hallways connecting each floor. Frank Lloyd Wright would have been appalled but architecture was nol the College s Strong suit. But twin  so dubbed by the student body soon had the entire College Community talking. To get in tune with the times inc administration decided thai the Structure would be the perfect Laboratory for coed living a concept thai had students smiling and administrators wondering. The debate among the College s upper crust lasted some Limi. Casting doubt upon the moral fiber of the students the administration spent Long Days in discussion before proposing Hal the men reside in one lower and the women in the other. At first every student wanted in. The student housing office was deluged with requests to gel in on the twin towers action. But the applications gradually subsided As the students Learned that twin towers offered no More excitement than any other dorm. The Aba has yet to learn a similar lesson Blind to the fact that the world Champion celtics have no twin towers some pro learns Point to inc to cells tall and taller combo As the path to the future. Leading the jump on the bandwagon procession Are inc lakers. You d think that a team thai won it All in 1985 and made it to the semifinals in 1986would know better. But no. The Laker front office is dangling Forward James worthy around the league in attempt to lure a taller player to join 7-foot-  
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