Word: monumental
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...from the past to the future of Washington from atop the Tower Club, a posh, crusted-sea-bass kind of eatery crowning an office building in Tysons Corner, Va. Barely visible in the distance is the 555-ft.-high Washington Monument, looking like a gray toothpick far out on the horizon. But right down below, amid miles of suburban shopping malls and carpet outlets and car dealerships, is a place that's becoming as important as the formal capital of the U.S., a place that's doing something traditional Washington has never done before: generating billions in private wealth...
Most surprisingly, Washington also offers a cry to action. We make mistakes, it says, but we have the power to make a difference and we're going to continue to try to do so. The new Franklin D. Roosevelt monument contains many quotes. The following is relevant both for the whole nation and for each individual who makes up a part...
...past, wealthy benefactors usually waited until their twilight years to ladle out their fortunes, and only after building mansions for themselves and setting aside a sizable chunk for their heirs. Then it was monument-building time, with wings of hospitals, symphony halls, operas, libraries, zoos and other civic institutions being the major beneficiaries. Many of today's wealthy are different. "I'm not just into writing checks," says Kanter, echoing many of her peers. "I want to see and feel the results...
...million main branch of the San Francisco Public Library, which opened in 1996, was meant to become a literary monument. In contrast to its predecessor, sometimes called "a urinal with books," the new building is architecturally immaculate: The gleaming white-tiled facade is both dignified and contemporary, while inside, a white atrium rises to a huge round skylight that fills the building with light...
...killed April 21, 1944, returning to England after a bombing raid over Germany. Three weeks ago, I read the letters my brother sent home, but even more heartbreaking were the seven unopened letters written by my parents and returned to them, stamped in red ink DECEASED. ELIZABETH COLE CLEMANS Monument, Colo...