Word: arched
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Born. To Edward F. ("Ed") Gardner, 43, radio's "Archie," arch-bartender and manager of Duffy's Tavern, and second wife Simone Hegeman Gardner, 34: their second child, second son; in Santa Monica, Calif. Name: Stephen Anthony. Weight...
...without the slightest hesitation that a free, independent and friendly China is of profound importance to the peace of the world and to the position of the U.S. It is the fundamental keystone to the Pacific arch...
...side of the trophy hall is a doorway over which is inscribed in fine gold leaf," F. O. Crisler." On the other side, the legend over the arch reads in plain black paint, "Coaches." Inside the latter are the working quarters of such gridiron all-times as Bennie Oosterbaan and George Ceithaml...
...Louis, the "Gateway to the West," wanted a gate to mark the spot. The citizens offered $125,000 in prizes for the best ideas. Last week the winning design was announced: a stainless steel, streamlined, 590-ft.-high arch to rise beside the Mississippi on a site which was formerly occupied mostly by old warehouses. The arch, with a "funicular elevator and observation corridor," had first reared in the mind of a talented Michigan architect named Eero Saarinen, who, with his father Eliel, is a frequent winner of architectural competitions. His prize this time: $40,000 and a warm recommendation...
Saarinen's plans, drawn up with the help of his wife (a sculptor) and three aides, called for a tree-dotted, 80-acre area around the arch with two museums, an open-air theater, a tea terrace, a frontier village and five sculptural monuments. The arch itself, said proud St. Louisans, would mark their city like the Eiffel Tower or the Washington Monument...