Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Passing from Bolivia to Peru, the traveller notices at once the remains of the ancient race of Incas. "The Stonehenge of America," a curious collection of huge carved boulders, stands in the middle of a great, brown plain. These ruins, much resembling the stonehenge of England, were probably built in the fifteenth century. The method by which these immense rocks were cut to fit into each other so exactly is still a mystery to archaeologists...
Both squads listened to reports of the baseball game which came by special wire direct from Soldiers Field. The victory was celebrated tonight by a huge bonfire, fireworks, and many crimson lights...
...Middle Ages, the universities were huge; but the men there spoke and wrote one language--Latin--and were bound together by the church. Today scholarship cannot be one in the same sense. The unity comes in another way. Every year more American students go to Germany, and, as a result, a revolution of thought is occurring. The arrival of German professors in this country brought something few could get until then, for only the wealthy could afford to pursue their studies abroad. Of these professors, Professor Kuehnemann is one of the most cherished. President Lowell closed with these words: "When...
...hall was packed with about 1200 men, and Mr. Houdini entertained them for about half an hour with sleight of hand tricks. He then produced a huge iron can, just large enough to contain him, and after demonstrating its soundness and air-tightness to a committee from the audience, filled it with water. He then stripped and gave a preliminary exhibition by squeezing himself in the can and remaining under water for one minute. After this he disappeared under water again, the water-tight lid was locked with six locks by the committee, and the curtain drawn...
...University Mineralogical Museum has recently received two very interesting and valuable additions. A friend has given the Museum a huge amethyst which is crystallized in about five hundred hexahedral prisms. This stone, which is remarkable for its size and dark purple color, was found in Minas Geraes, Brazil...