Word: monumentalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mexican border, will not succeed unless Starr's citizenry can be enlisted in the war against drugs. At present many residents regard the narcotraficantes as local heroes, and their exploits are celebrated in ballads called corridos, which play on radio stations. In the river hamlet of Fronton, a monument was erected to mark a smuggler's death in a shoot-out with Customs agents...
...group gathered to pay homage at the Charlestown cemetery which contains a monument to John Harvard, not his actual grave. The founder of Harvard is actually buried at Towne Hall, but in the early nineteenth century a group of Harvard alumni dedicated a memorial to him on the hill facing his church...
Yesterday, the monument was good enough for the small group which gathered around the approximately 16-foot structure bearing a plaque with the word "HARVARD" etched...
...conclusion of the ceremony, Cristina V.Coletta '87, co-chairman of the 350th committeeand John Bender '89, a member of the committee,placed a wreath at the foot of the monument toJohn Harvard
...Celebrating the Constitution in the shadow of Cinderella's castle--a monument to the feudal system. Very shallow indeed...