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Word: erection (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...odor of putrifying blood and rotting flesh, the odor and breath of a hyena." When day comes he looks out and sees "stamped in the dust of the threshold, two indents- one the footprint of a man; and the other the padded dog's spoor of an erect hyena. I knelt and examined them both closely. There was no mistake about it. One foot was a foot with toes; the other a foot with claws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Africrescendo* | 8/25/1924 | See Source »

...looked at the memorial group which the villagers of St. Heminy have erected in honor of their eminent neighbor in his lifetime. It is a fitting tribute to his achievements. But some day, perhaps, only Les Invalides will surpass the monuments in Paris which a grateful Nation will erect to Georges Clemenceau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Immortal | 8/4/1924 | See Source »

...French journalist, once remarked of her: "As she enters a room she seems at the first glance to dominate all those present. She receives their homage as a soverign should and has the air of reigning, even when she says 'good day.' The chair on which she sits, perfectly erect, immediately becomes a throne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Regal Authoress | 8/4/1924 | See Source »

...When the problem was set, months ago, those devising it felt they had thought of something that had never been done before; two weeks ago, they were surprised to see a news-dispatch from Washington saying that in that city an association of leading engineers had been formed to erect (in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution) a great museum of engineering progress in transportation, and industry. The prize design may be chosen for Washington. It differed from all others in one feature. The great steel shaft over the central portion of the 'building made an integral part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Bieg of Armour | 7/28/1924 | See Source »

...name and membership the National Museum of Engineering and Industry, Inc., already exists. But it has no home. Its sponsors now propose to erect one on the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Its present headquarters are in the Engineering Societies Building, Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Museum of Engineering | 7/21/1924 | See Source »

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