Word: monumentalize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hysterics over the Panama Canal? The canal is on the way to obsolescence. By the year 2000, when Panama takes over, it will be no more than a quaint monument to a time when we Americans could do anything. And the Panamanians will have nothing more han the popcorn and hot dog concessions at this museum...
...most of the enthusiasts, Sun Day was also an occasion for celebrating spring. In Washington, D.C., 20,000 people spent a day reveling en masse in the sun at the Washington Monument, which acted as a gigantic sundial. They threw Frisbees, jogged in a "sun run" around the mall, sang folk songs and listened to blue-grass music...
...Tulsa Hospital Council fought the project, arguing that the city already had a surplus of 1.000 hospital beds. Grumbled State Representative Mandell Matheson: "We are not talking about man building a monument to God, but man building a monument to man." The Oklahoma Health Planning Agency, a federal advisory board, recommended disapproval of Roberts' application. But after an intensive nationwide letter-writing campaign by the evangelist's supporters and lobbying by political friends, the state's health planning commission last week gave Roberts a go-ahead to begin building. Still, God's plans were somewhat modified...
...soon to be lost. April 12 will by Radio City's last day. The grand old mid-town monument will close its financially-floundering doors, and the next customers who visit the place will be the bulldozers. When they get through, New York City will have a big hole in the ground at the corner of 50th and Sixth. No more huge lines (those disappeared years ago), no more Rockettes, no more block-long candy counters...
...Denver's venture does run into trouble, the gags will probably be about crystal palaces. Though the buildings are no-nonsense functional, the place will still be a local monument because of its lofty "Galleria." This 76-ft.-high arched glass roof, only one section of which is up, was inspired by the ethereal vaulting in Milan's Galleria. Denver's will unify the complex, shelter the promenades and impart its own blend of airiness and intimacy to the neighborhood...