They count down the final seconds to midnight as they watch a brightly lit ball slide down a pole on top of a tall building.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

"My favorite is probably that tall building because it's made out of Legos.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

The Council explains on its Web site that early tall buildings were generally measured from the ground floor to the top of the building, not including flagpoles.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

The huge Saturn rocket, as tall as a thirty-six-floor building, was the heaviest thing ever to leave Earth.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

The real building is over four hundred forty meters tall.

VOA: special.2010.07.30