Word: monumentalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mall in Washington is one of the great urban spaces in the world, a two-mile-long line of green anchored by the U.S. Capitol at one end, the Lincoln Memorial at the other, and with the Washington Monument marking the center. On its flanks are groves of trees, clusters of monuments, even museums. But its central vista is an astonishment of economy. Stand at Lincoln's feet and you can see all the way to the Capitol, your gaze interrupted by nothing but the majestic spike of the Washington Monument...
...reasons for using the new technology, pure ego raises the most hackles. It's one thing to want to be remembered after you are gone; it's quite another to manufacture a living monument to ensure that you are. Some observers claim to be shocked that anyone would contemplate such a thing. But that's naive--and even disingenuous. It's obvious that a lot of people would be eager to clone themselves...
F.D.R. MEMORIAL COMMISSION Disabled protesters once again denounce monument depicting the President sans wheelchair...
...square was surprisingly calm and accessible to the public, reports Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz: "At dusk on Thursday, Tiananmen looked serene. The national flag was at half-mast, but everything else looked business as usual. People walked on the square, some taking pictures of each other. Nearer the Monument to the People's Heroes, a crew of workers were dismantling a wooden structure used as decorations during the Chinese lunar new year festivities. At one corner, near Mao's Mausoleum, six teenagers played soccer with gusto. A few blocks away from the square, a group of residents walked...
...fanciful second movement, "Waltzes" and the "Elegy" that follows, a piece that itself could secure for its creator a reputation as one of America's greatest tonal composers. Previn and his temporarily reduced company made it not only a focused meditation on Lizzie's troubled character, but a monument to Gould himself, who died just last year...