Word: greatest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...days of Dickens' visit to America-his final arrival in Manhattan, "replete with New England dinners"-the wonderful Boz ball, in his honor, acclaimed "the greatest affair in modern times." His triumphant entrance and forced march (unhappy man!) around the hall, preceded by the Mayor and Mayoress and the "perspiring City Fathers" and followed by the entire assemblage which fell in behind, "whooping and cheering like a Sunday School class at a picnic"-and then, the ungrateful wretch returning to England and writing his dreadful American Notes...
...Cardinal Hayes' "welcome-home" to New York will be the greatest spectacle in the history of the city, says the local Catholic press...
...Widener Library is perfectly terrible architecturally, but it stands for something great and important in the University. It stands for the greatest collection of books for the use of college students in the world. For its purpose it is the most inspiring building I know...
...greatest surprise feature connected with the celebration Thursday was the announcement of a gift of $1,250,000 made in honor of President Eliot to the University from its alumni "for the better" support of certain departments of the University." The announcement of the gift was made by Bishop William Lawrence '71, Bishop of Massachusetts...
...press of the crowd was so great that it required the combined efforts of the college police and a detachment of Cambridge patrolmen to keep it within the required bound. And it was only with the greatest difficulty that they succeeded in opening a passageway through the crowd for the cars of President Eliot and his following...