Word: monumentalize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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McKinnell thinks the building contributes to the urban structure of the campus. "It does not stand out as an isolated monument," he said...
...Mediterranean. After one siege of Axis bombing raids, Britain bestowed the George Cross-its highest civilian award for valor-on the entire island. Last week Malta formally ended its participation in the defense of the West. At Malta's Grand Harbor, British and Maltese officials unveiled a monument symbolically depicting the departure of British forces. Next day Britain's last military commander on the island, Rear Admiral Oswald Cecil, boarded the guided-missile destroyer H.M.S. London, and set sail for home...
Northeast Ohio's ecological monument, the Cuyahoga River, catches fires only during the summer months, when the semi-aqueous waste products from the area's heavy industries are most flammable...
...Biko Library: Make the library a monument to the anti-apartheid efforts of college students across the country. Ratification by those on high is guaranteed. Biko's name symbolizes martyrdom in the fight for human rights and no liberal-minded (however conservative) member of the University administration could in good conscience put the nix on this header. Time Magazine caption: "Biko Tops Engelhard in Christening Contest at Harvard...
Even the Koranic protection that has always shielded Muslim holy men from attack was shattered as discipline broke down. When a mullah and his armed companion attempted to disarm several youths near the Shahyad monument in Tehran, the mullah was shot to death. Some leftist guerrillas even attacked mosques, a sacrilegious act that would have been unthinkable a few days earlier...