Word: monumental
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been completed the income of the endowment is to be devoted to the encouragement of archaeology and classical studies without distinction as to sex, race, nationality, colour, or creed. Through this splendid benefaction Dr. Loeb has left to posterity something which will nobly perpetuate his name. It is a monument which, though less conspicuous than the structures of brick or stone which commemorate the famous names of the past, has the advantage of transcending the limitation of a local habitation. Thucydides has told us that the whole earth is the tomb of famous men, and it is, indeed, fitting that...
Three years ago small, tight-lipped Senator Morris Sheppard, whose proudest boast is that he helped write the 18th Amendment, boasted proudly: "There's as much chance of repealing the 18th Amendment as there is for a humming bird to fly to Mars with the Washington Monument tied to its tail." Last week humming bird and Washington Monument were well on their way to Mars when Senator Sheppard's own mammoth Texas became the 23rd consecutive State to plump for Repeal. In a light vote, due to public apathy and a $1.75 poll tax, the 21st Amendment...
...admitted, not only owes him an everlasting debt of gratitude but also needs the restatement of many of his principles. ... If, as the world pauses to celebrate his birth four and a half centuries ago, it would rear a shaft of reverent devotion to his living memory, although that monument might be built from flawless granite, faced with stainless alabaster, edged with the rarest of marbles and raised to the loftiest heights to which human skill can ever ascend, this monument would be incomplete unless, in recognition of Luther's present day significance, there were emblazoned on its side...
...setting fire to the building, exultant citizens stormed the residential quarter of Havana, sacking mansion after mansion, wrecking automobiles and stealing everything movable from the house of Secretary of State Orestes Ferrara. Signs marking General Machado Avenue were torn down for a distance of three miles, the imposing Machado Monument was destroyed by patriots with crowbars. Meanwhile where was Machado? Who was President...
...sliding caisson will drop behind them. Four 54-in. centrifugal pumps will take out water until the ship sits on the concrete bottom, propped upright so that its hull may be scraped.* Flanking the dry dock are a mile and a half of new quays. Nearby a monument marks the spot whence the Mayflower...