Word: monumental
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...statue has long been the subject of hot criticism. Many thought, as the newspaper La Prensa said, that the monument "interfered with the architectural ensemble of the cathedral and the cardinal's palace." Others argued that the sword-brandishing statue was "too warlike a figure to stand in front of a church." And Peru's inarticulate Indians never saw any reason to glorify the man they still consider no better than a heroic butcher. But the church-front spot for the statue also had its defenders, who thought it a "commanding position from which he could seem...
...will not be given a permanent resting place until her monument is ready, two years from now. This week her body was to be taken in a vast funeral procession to Argentina's central labor union headquarters near the Buenos Aires docks. The government, meanwhile, announced that July 26, the day Evita died, will be observed for the "rest of history" as a day of national mourning. And good Peronistas, the party ruled, will wear black ties at party meetings "forever...
...misleading, slanted, self-serving, statistical mumbo-jumbos, pp. 13-15, TIME, June 30, stand as a monument...
...tired old military term: fluid. There are few "committed" Democratic delegates who would not switch to someone else if Harry Truman or some of the big state bosses gave the nod. In Washington, just about anybody, with the possible exception of the elevator man in the Washington Monument, was being talked about as a possible candidate. This is how the chances of Democratic hopefuls looked last week...
...scramble to pay the most eloquent tribute to ailing Evita Perón became a feverish rush last week. The Peronista majority in Congress voted to build a monument to her. The governor of Buenos Aires Province ordered her autobiography, The Reason for My Life, used as a textbook in all the province's public schools. Health Minister Ramón Carillo directed that in 508 hospitals and clinics under his department Masses be said for her "quick and complete recovery...