Brian Gongol
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Brutalism had its day, especially at places like the concrete-loving Iowa State University. (ISU has blown up some of its heavy concrete buildings already.)
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Iowa has a lot of towns with names that are pronounced contrary to the standard -- like Nevada (nuh-VAY-dah) and Madrid (MAD-rid). Even Iowa natives trip on some of them occasionally; outsiders, like national reporters and politicians, often bulldoze right through them
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