Word: grandness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wolfe blamed Gropius for today's "hotel rooms that look like the inside of a Westclox alarm clock box" and homes that resemble "the engine room of the Grand Coulee...
...freehanded Korean businessman had fled, the party-giving Oriental beauty was testifying to a federal grand jury, and a bipartisan clutch of Congressmen were nervous about Washington's latest payola scandal...
...never thought that I would live long enough to see this," declared Msgr. John Egan, 60, grand old man of Catholic social action. What the balding monsignor saw as he looked out upon the throng in Detroit's Cobo Hall was an unprecedented gathering of representatives of the U.S. Roman Catholic hierarchy and the church's grass roots: 110 bishops meeting openly in discussion with 1,230 priests, nuns and laity. Said Egan: "The voice of the church is about to be heard through these delegates...
...chased each other -hare and hound in the fragile cockpits of Grand Prix racing cars-across four continents, ten months, 15 highspeed races. One of them, Niki Lauda, the reigning champion of Formula I, had nearly given his life to the quest in a flaming crash at Germany's treacherous Nürburgring course. The other, James Hunt, racing's brash and rising star, had invested his considerable zest in the discipline needed to hone his talents. Only three points separated them-Lauda leading-in the contest for the World Driving Championship when they came to the final...
...drivers swapped trips to victory lane while their team managers swapped charges of cheating with wrenches and rule books. Although there was no bad blood between Hunt and Lauda, the rivalry intensified, and the racing world's attention was focused on the two men by the German Grand Prix...