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Word: corcovado (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Other heights: Statue of Liberty, 151 feet; Christ the Redeemer (on Mt. Corcovado near Rio de Janeiro), 130 feet. Projected: San Francisco's St. Francis, 180 feet; Lenin (atop the Palace of the Soviets, Moscow), about 328 feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Largest Statue | 7/10/1939 | See Source »

...Deal-the President of Brazil and the President of the United States." Then driving happily down to the waterfront with an escort of red-white-&-blue uniformed guards Franklin Roosevelt put to sea on the Indianapolis, while fireworks said farewell to him from the summits of Sugar Loaf, Corcovado, Gavea, Tijuca...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Southern Cross | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...Passion which he founded near his church in Kearny, N. J. Father Preston was well aware that on the Chilean-Argentine boundary is the great Christ of the Andes, 26 ft. high, that Brazil dedicated last year its 130-11. Christ the Redeemer, world's largest, on Corcovado Mountain near Rio de Janeiro (TIME, Oct. 26, 1931). Why not something even bigger for the U. S.-a bronze statue 150 ft. tall, to cost $500,000 which would be raised by the pennies of 80,000,000 believers of all sects throughout the land? Possible sites: near Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Christ of the Rockies | 11/21/1932 | See Source »

...unveiled the world's largest statue of Jesus Christ, 250,000 pilgrims and nearly all the 1,447,000 inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro, toiled up last week to Corcovado Mountain, nearly half a mile above the city and its great harbor. Rain dribbled dankly. In Rome, 5,000 mi. away, Senator Guglielmo Marconi flashed three short-wave wireless signals, contacting a switch which turned on a battery of floodlights. Revealed was Jesus Christ the Redeemer, 130 ft. high, 92 ft. from fingertip to fingertip, arms outstretched. Visible 20 mi. away, sculptured by Frenchman Paul-Maximilien Landowski, the mammoth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Largest Christ | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

...Milhaud--"Saudades do Brasil" (suite of dances) Overture--Sorocaba--Corcovado--Laranjeiras--Tijuca...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PIERIAN ORCHESTRA TO PLAY AT HARVARD CLUB TOMORROW | 3/8/1930 | See Source »

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