• Welcome to the country on the roof of the world and warmest greetings from the materially poor but spiritually rich people of Nepal!

    BBC: Text: Nepal rebels invite tourists

  • Muldoon no longer flew commercial, not even in first class, but soared above the roof of the world in private jets provided by the studio.

    NEWYORKER: After the Movie

  • Since New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepali Tenzing Norgay first summited the roof of the world in 1953, nearly 6, 000 people have attempted the climb to the summit.

    BBC: Everest's growing problem

  • At that time, he was lowered by helicopter to the roof of the World Trade Center to help clear an area for helicopters to land, Andersen said.

    CNN: Marines honor fallen members of armed forces

  • Standing on the roof of Two World Financial Center, amid mounds of debris that still litter the streets and rooftops around the World Trade Center, New York police officers -- among them former Marines -- raised the flags of the United States, Marines, Navy, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard.

    CNN: Marines honor fallen members of armed forces

  • Looks like a game of chess has gone awry and a big jester--oh, 20 feet--is on its back thrown from the roof of Mardi Gras World.

    NPR: Evacuating New Orleans �� But to Where?

  • Climbing inside, Marcel and his three friends lit their oil lamp, raised it to the roof and found themselves surrounded by one of the artistic wonders of the world.

    BBC: The perfect trip: Dordogne

  • Looking up at the roof feels for all the world like being inside the rib cage of a great blue whale.

    CNN: AFTER THE BANG

  • This was unsustainable even before silver prices went through the roof, says Jack McCall of AMSC (formerly American Superconductor), the world's biggest producer of HTS wires.

    ECONOMIST: Inside story

  • Workers could be seen scaling the roof of the chapel Saturday to install the chimneys that will carry the smoke signals to the world.

    CNN: Papal conclave to elect new pope set to begin

  • The storm system swatted down power lines and uprooted trees, flicked big rigs on their sides and yanked off part of the terminal roof at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport, where some 1, 500 area residents had taken shelter in a tunnel.

    CNN: In El Reno, a tornado 'looking at us dead in the eye'

  • The open site was vulnerable to Sandy's storm surge because it didn't have a roof, said Steve Plate, the Port Authority's director of World Trade Center construction.

    WSJ: Protecting 9/11 Artifacts From Floods

  • Then there's another of Bill Ford's pet projects: the world's largest living roof.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

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