Word: monumentalize
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...Pacific War Memorial's organizers (chairman: Archibald B. Roosevelt) believe that the Americans who died in the Pacific war deserve a better monument than the usual buildings or pretentious statuary. When the U.S. captured the island empire of the Japanese, it took possession of a region which was almost unknown scientifically. Many of the islands have birds, animals and plants that are found nowhere else; some of them may prove useful to the rest of the world. The ocean around the islands teems with fish which might be a valuable addition to the world's food supply...
Their only monument the asphalt road
...buzz across the city's night life like a queenless swarm. But the hard fact was that the debut was becoming an anachronism. In a less strident day, when children were seen and not heard, a debut was at least as significant as the unveiling of a civic monument. If it uncovered nothing the audience had not seen before, it was at least official and marked the removal of the protective scaffolding. But by the time she is 18, the modern New York debutante is already a familiar denizen of the Stork Club and the" tabloids, and is capable...
...dead. If I have spoken of the possibility of exploiting that emotion as an easy way of raising money, I have not meant to impugn the motives of those who advocate an activities center. But it would be only natural if the intensity of their desire for a monument that would undoubtedly enrich the life of the student body should obscure the considerations I have mentioned as endangering the permanence of a memorial...
...design of the memorial by the committee, with its architectural setting, is not accurately described as a "plaque." It is a dignified and impressive monument--a record for all to see who will, and one that has a good prospect of permanence. Jerome D. Green...