Word: build
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...soon as he began to speak, his hearers were impressed with the sincerity which he radiated. He confessed that he was frankly envious of the students at Harvard, ahead of whom lay all life's opportunities, for whom foundations are here being laid to help them build beautiful palaces, instead of mud huts...
...Cambridge side it is proposed to build an underpass for: Memorial Drive at Massachusetts Ave., thus obviating the congestion at that point...
...proposed also to build a parkway from Fresh Pond Parkway at Mt. Auburn St, to the river at Gerry's Landing and across the river by a new bridge connecting with the present Soldiers Field Road on the Brighton side. This would tend to divert a good deal of traffic which now passes through Mt. Auburn St, in front of the hospitals due to the fact that, at present. Memorial Drive ends opposite Hawthorne...
...statuary. And many a sculptor found it out. Frederick MacMonnies, Daniel Chester French, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, George Grey Barnard-all employed Emmett Lawrence. They knew little about him, but it was enough. A tall, powerfully muscled Negro, his reputation spread slowly and mysteriously. He knew just what joists to build, what pressures to apply. With perhaps five or six assistants, he would work for hours over slow shifts and perilous easements. Emmett Lawrence eyed and estimated, gave the commands. Often night fell or rains came but there was no stopping. The placing of a marble statue is one task that...
...Federal Radio Commission last week refused to permit Mr. Ford to build six radio stations for communication with his worldwide plants...