Word: monumental
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...later executive order, the President also established as a national monument two tracts of land 30 miles northeast of Flagstaff, Ariz. They contain ruins of buildings constructed by the Snake family of the Hopi Indians during prehistoric times. They are to be known as Wupatki (Great Rain Cloud House) National Monument...
Evidently it is the portion of the Bible to be junked as literature in order that its religious values may be placed within the comprehension of every kindergartner Literary men the world over agree with Professor Lowes' remark that the King James version is the greatest monument in English prose, yet religious zealots are constantly building cheap imitations of the original in order to appeal to the crowd. It is to be marvelled at that no attempt has yet been made to translate Shakespeare into contemporary slang, such a translated would have as logical reason for existence as does Doctor...
...they exhibit for public inspection what has already been accomplished in this way. Great, indeed, are certain achievements in which America has taken prominent part officially; but great also is the irony of any presumption by the government to claim credit for these achievements. Such accomplishment stands as a monument not to the non-committal policy of the government, but to the individual enterprise that has made it possible in spite of that policy...
...Coolidge dedicated a monument to the dead of the First Division. ¶At the annual meeting of the Red Cross, of which he is president, Mr. Coolidge spoke these imaginative words : "The Red Cross believes that food is more helpful to hungry people than advice ; has found that hunger affects people very much the same in all countries, and that the method of coping with it is by feeding its victims. It is absolutely the only organization I have known that does any good by 'looking for trouble...
...Benedict Monument to Music," bequeathed to the city of Providence by William Curtis Benedict and called "an architectural melody in white marble," has been opened in Roger Williams Park. It has a seating capacity of about 30,000. The elaborate dedication program included Marie Sundelius, soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company, as soloist...