(n.) The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.
Example Sentences:
(1) squeaks Tess, spinning around outside the reception at MediaCityUK, pointing at the deserted metallic acropolis.
(2) The following day, politicians and eurocrats began scrambling to hammer out a larger rescue package for Greece: 28 April 2010 Photograph: Guardian That was the time when puns about Acropolis Now, and ‘making a drachma out of a crisis’ were in vogue: Greek debt crisis, 28 April 2010 Photograph: Guardian But there wasn’t much time for jokes.
(3) More than three years after Europe's ongoing debt crisis erupted in the shadow of the Acropolis, the Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaras, also wanted to make clear that the country, for so long at the centre of that drama, may not have survived had it not been for Paris.
(4) And sell the Acropolis too!” was how the German tabloid Bild summed up their idea.
(5) In 1998, Kas turned down an offer by Calvin Klein to raise funds for the construction of the New Acropolis Museum in lieu of showcasing the fashion house's collection at the 2nd century AD Herod Atticus theatre beneath the Acropolis.
(6) Price said the issue was timely because the Greeks are preparing for the official opening in June of a new €129m Acropolis museum to showcase the Parthenon sculptures.
(7) DEBT MARKET TERMS An EU flag flies over the temple of Parthenon on Acropolis hill in Athens.
(8) At 28 Veikou Street, the office Syriza runs almost within view of the Acropolis, supporters are not shy of expressing disappointment.
(9) "I've also heard the suggestion we should sell the Acropolis," Droutsas said.
(10) The pedestrian walk around the Acropolis is also another place where people hang out when the sun falls.
(11) The restoration of the Edicule of the Tomb is being undertaken by a team of Greek conservationists from the National Technical University of Athens , which has previously worked on the Acropolis.
(12) Half of this snapshot is in Athens beneath the blue sky above the Acropolis.
(13) Iran meanwhile has Susa, now the delightfully named Shush, administrative centre of Shush Country, which has an acropolis – a sure sign of ancient city status – that is carbon-dated to around 4,200BC, and evidence of permanent homemaking going back another 800 years.
(14) Greece has been campaigning for the Marbles' return for decades, and – just before the recession – built a spectacular museum with windows facing the stripped temple on the Acropolis hill.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The new $137m demountable acropolis built by the Australian government to house refugees when they are freed It could soon be restored, Parkop says.
(16) Meanwhile, one of the fragments of the frieze that remained in Greece , newly mounted in the Acropolis museum, is eroded by pollution and so horribly neglected by that long independent country that it can hardly be recognised.
(17) Seated in her office beneath the Acropolis, Anna Diamantopoulou, a former EU commissioner, shakes her head in disbelief.
(18) 4 May 2010: Greek protesters storm the Acropolis as markets lose faith As anger erupts across Athens at the scale of the cutbacks that Greece must now implement, stock markets fall sharply and gold hits a record high as investors start to doubt whether the €110bn bailout will actually solve Greece problems.
(19) In the area between Kabul and Peshawar, one fifth-century Chinese traveller counted no fewer than 2,400 such shrines – as well as a scattering of well-planned classical cities, acropoli, amphitheatres and stupas .
(20) At the time of the carvings’ removal, the Acropolis was a citadel and Elgin (though this does not justify his mutilation of the monument) would have required a firman, or written decree, to cart them away.
Hub
Definition:
(n.) The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.
(n.) The hilt of a weapon.
(n.) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.
(n.) A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.
(n.) A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
(n.) A screw hob. See Hob, 3.
(n.) A block for scotching a wheel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Heathrow, likewise, said Gatwick's new runway would not solve the issue of hub capacity.
(2) It recognises the diverse needs of the affected populations”, said Scott DiPretoro, who works in the IFRC’s Panama hub.
(3) Both initiatives, which are still being developed, have been well-received by Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who says they could help get more people from their homes to public transport hubs and has offered technical support.
(4) Thirty (56.6%) had external origin (semiquantitative skin culture positive), 12 (22.6%) had an internal origin (semiquantitative hub culture positive), and 8 (15.1%) had both origins.
(5) Martin Frobisher, the area director for Network Rail, said: "The Northern Hub and electrification programme is the biggest investment in the railway in the north of England for a generation and will transform rail travel for millions of passengers every year."
(6) The proximal extension tubing minimizes manipulation of the hub of the needle, which may lead to dislodgement of the needle, and permits a sampling port with minimal dead space between it and the fetal circulation.
(7) Locally brokered ceasefires have taken effect elsewhere in Syria in recent months, notably in the Moadimeyah district of Damascus, which was also once a hub of opposition control.
(8) The BBC will then work with the developers Stanhope on a three-year project to turn TV Centre into a new creative hub where the corporation will retain a studio presence alongside planned residential, office and leisure premises.
(9) To check the Hub while in an app, you use your thumb to swipe the screen from left to right, and can "peek" at the Hub's inbox.
(10) But others point out that Freeh and Clinton were in well-publicised dispute for most of the president's time in office and that Miami is the main transport hub for most countries in the Caribbean, and so the most obvious venue for the interviews.
(11) The King's Fund's Time to Think Differently campaign highlighted the importance of the home – not the hospital or care home – as the primary hub of care.
(12) Kristen Woolf, girl-centred practice and strategy director, The Girl Hub , London, UK, @girleffect Don't lose focus on girls: Very clearly men and boys have got to be a central component of the solution, but we need to tread carefully here not to lose the focus on equality and empowerment for girls and women.
(13) Migration has turned a sleepy town with a population of 31,000 in 1872 into today's megacity of 21 million, the ninth-biggest city in the world and South America's wealthiest and most important economic hub.
(14) As Cook put it: “From our point of view, the time for inaction has passed.” The values-led business hub is funded by SC Johnson.
(15) Already, the growing hub is surrounded by five-star hotels and hundreds of luxury villa and apartments.
(16) In this life,” he said, smiling, “you have to make some money.” He then spelled out the cartel’s proposition: it would pay Sirleaf handsomely in exchange for his help in using Liberia as a transit hub for smuggling cocaine from Colombia into Europe.
(17) Photograph: Rozena Crossman Despite its small size, the café has a lighter and more modern atmosphere than the cramped bookshop next door, a famous hub for influential writers.
(18) As Chambers's lawyers pointed out, he was not attempting to close down a public transport hub but urging it to resume normal working operations.
(19) Ofcom has already moved to allow more regional hubs for local commercial radio, relax local programming quotas, and encourage digital stations.
(20) "And with the help of the council we're looking to increase the number of hubs and bikes so we've got most of the city covered.