1.   Before the towering statue of Abraham Lincoln, Bush sounded his familiar theme of inclusiveness after a contentious election that left lingering questions about his mandate.

2.   A towering bronze statue of El Redentor, The Redeemer, is in the center.

3.   Eight towering statues of orixas, the deities of Candomble, were dedicated in April in the Dique do Tororo, a lake in the center of downtown Salvador.

4.   Floats four stories high had towering statues depicting major figures in Brazilian music, and between them came thousands of shimmying, costumed dancers in sequins and feathers.

5.   Mohaqiq is in Mazar with Dostum, while Khalili is further south in Bamyan, where the Taliban destroyed the towering Buddha statues in March.

6.   Now, they venture out to doctor and dentist down the circular driveway, past the towering statue of St. Francis of Assisi.

7.   The most remarkable of these bronze pieces was a single towering bronze statue of a sumptuously dressed male ruler or god.

8.   The towering Ho statue, for example, gets shifted from side to side at the rear of the stage like a pendulum clock throughout the performance.

9.   There, a water tank, pierced by artillery and toppled on its side, lies behind a towering bronze statue, towering atop limestone blocks.

10.   People thronged in the main plaza, which features a towering bronze statue of Guevara.