meter-tall

• “The 1.88-meter-tall Serb, with a dangerous two-handed backhand and a return game that rivals the best in the business, has accounted for all three of Federer's losses this season.”

  Voice of America: Confident Djokovic Playing Best Tennis of His Career

• “One of the most impressive sites to be seen off the large of Marseille is the shimmering blue-glass of Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid's 147-meter-tall CMA CGM Tower.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Marseille's Cultural Renaissance

• “News reports said a number of people were standing on the viewing platform of the cathedral when its 63 meter-tall stone spire collapsed.”

  Voice of America: New Zealand Quake Death Toll Certain to Rise

• “LONDON -- Ronald Reagan was hailed as "a great American hero" Monday as his admirers unveiled a 10-foot-tall 3-meter-tall statue of the former U.S. president near the American embassy in London.”

  The Huffington Post: Ronald Reagan Statue Unveiled At American Embassy In London By Condoleezza Rice, William Hague

• “Nicknamed “The Razor”, the 148 meter-tall Strata tower is topped with a trio of turbines that will produce enough power to meet 8% of its energy needs.”

  Mike Chino | Inhabitat

• “In a briefing early Monday, an official said the "extraordinarily unique" compound had two security gates, 3-5-meter-high walls topped with barbed wire, and a third floor terrace with a 2-meter-tall privacy wall.”

  Voice of America: US: Bin Laden Would Have Been Taken Alive If Possible

• “It's just a technique to tell a story so early on we just felt like we're not going to think of this as an animated movie; we're going to think about this as a six foot 2-meter-tall lizard, I have a camera on my shoulder and I'm photographing him perform this scene with these other people.”

  Voice of America: Animated Family Film 'Rango' Features Talking Animals in Western Setting

• “The application cites typhoons as the bigger threat, noting an 8-meter-tall wave generated in 1960.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Fateful Move Exposed Japan Plant

• “Ms. Dai and other activists have expressed skepticism that the government can do much to solve the most severe environmental problems associated with the 180-meter-tall dam, insisting the damage has already been done.”

  The Wall Street Journal: China Dam to Address Finances

• “Ren pushed straight through the crowd, stepping into the middle of the room beside a manga-head with meter-tall sparkling hair.”

  Simon & Schuster: Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet

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