Up on a pedestal.

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Trafalgar Square in London is home to statues of kings and generals on enormous pedestals called plinths. But now anyone can be put on a pedestal. A project called "One & Other" is letting 2,400 people occupy a plinth for an hour. More than 28,000 people have applied to be "plinthers" before the project ends in October, with winners--who must be over 16 and living in Britain--selected by computer. After being hoisted onto the 26-foot-high plinth in a cherry picker, they can do whatever they like (within reason, of course). Plinthers...