Word: built
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...well-like structure is out of the question. For weeks the work went on of the question. For weeks the work went on of the clearing of the ponderous limestone blocks. The shaft grew deeper and deeper. All records for depth were broken. Temporary quarters for the workers were built the hole and barbed wire was put up to keep off prying tourists...
...dirigibles, the Shenandoah was built in this country and as a war vessel. The only ship of this type that the U. S. now has is the Los Angeles, built in Germany and by diplomatic agreement not to be used for war purposes...
...Committee, has introduced a bill for building a new ship, bigger and better than the Shenandoah. Such a ship would cost upwards of $5,000,000. It would probably take four or five years to build. Secretary Wilbur and Admiral Jones are willing that such a ship should be built, provided the cost of building does not reduce the amount of money available for other naval purposes...
...deepest indigo and an inbred suspicion of change. To control this element, Mr. Kahn transfused "new blood" into the board-William Kissam Vanderbilt, Marshall Field, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and others. But there impended a split with the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company, comprising the conspicuous families who built the old House 43 years ago and still own it as their social citadel. This element feared lest Distinction and Bon Ton, like old pieces of furniture left behind by the moving men, should grow dusty in the deserted edifice while in the new one-too big to be exclusive-quality...
This attitude was swiftly indorsed by Professor Alfred D. F. Hamlin of Columbia University, chairman of a Division of Fine Arts which is raising $150,000 (from sculptors, $10,000) for a Fine Arts Bay in the Cathedral. He said: "The Cathedral is not being built for the benefit of American sculptors or architects but for the cause of religion. . . . Dr. Cram is entirely correct in feeling that he must get the best sculptors he can find...