Word: erection
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...conviction that they had a true and living gospel for a decadent world, and ready to carry that gospel wherever the range of guns and bombs can reach. . . . And now a whole generation is looking helplessly round for some faith as powerful and as transforming that they can erect in opposition to this portentous, man-devouring sphinx of their own creation...
...Lizzie." In fertile Detroit, which last week was preparing to celebrate the automobile industry's golden jubilee (see cut), General Motors too was gestating, planned to bring forth a low-priced Chevrolet. The newly formed Chevrolet Light Car Division asked the Civilian Production Administration for authority to erect two factories near Cleveland to build its new product. It hoped to be in production by the middle of 1947, kept mum on specifications and price. Quietest of all: the Chrysler Corp., whose plans for a light car were still only a Motor City rumor...
Tall (6 ft. 2 in.), erect and dignified, saved from pomposity by an Irish wit, Glennon was long a familiar figure on his daily strolls about St. Louis's West End. "Those who do not know him are never in danger of mistaking his rank," said a friend; "and those who do know him are never reminded of it." In press and pulpit, he was an outspoken opponent of coeducation, woman suffrage, British rule in Ireland, divorce ("the modern attitude makes a joke of the sacrament of matrimony"), sexy and brutal movies. He once denied a murdered gangster...
Then Franklin Roosevelt, almost by himself, discovered the curative value of swimming. With all weight removed from his blighted limbs, he found that he could stand in fresh water to his chin. Half a year later he could stand erect with the water only at his shoulders; in another six months he could make it at armpit-level...
Neville said that to erect a temporary house with single bedroom would cost $4200, while a two bedroom unit would come to approximately $5400. As the houses depreciate rapidly in value and the need for low rental rates is a prime consideration, Neville indicated that the project may be financially unsound...