Word: monumented
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Stepped Monument...
This border contrasts far more radically with those of Czechoslovakia and Hungary and in matters far more significant than the time it takes to get a visa. Here, the only peculiarity in the alpine scenery is a sort of stone-henge monument celebrating the liberation from the Nazis in 1945. A road to Czechoslovakia or Hungary, on the other hand, will be heavily guarded by soldiers with dogs and by high sentry towers on the other side of the line...
Built as a personal monument by Detroit's auto-framing Fisher Brothers ("Body by Fisher"), the new theater cost $3,500.000, has a lobby big enough for tennis matches, is full of Italian marble, East Indian rosewood and cut-glass German chandeliers. The auditorium is steeply pitched to provide an unimpeded sight line, and the orchestra pit is recessed under the stage so the mouths of tubas cannot eclipse the legs of the chorines. Despite its huge capacity-bigger than any house on Broadway-no seat is more than 92 ft. from the stage. Designed by Chicago Architects Rapp...
Beyond the Hill. In a real sense, the U.S. road is a proper monument for the U.S.. a nation of restless people whose hallmark in history has always been their willingness to leave behind the familiar and comfortable to discover what is beyond the next hill, sure that the unknown represents opportunity, not danger, and supremely confident that the best is yet ahead...
...weigh the damage that Timesman Matthews did by glorifying Castro, the damage he did with his Times editorials, which were influential in delaying U.S. recognition of the true dimensions of the Cuban problem. But with self-assurance. Herb Matthews has already decided what the historians will say: "The only monument I want to leave on earth is for some student years from now to consult the files of The New York Times for information about the Cuban Revolution, and find my byline, and know that he can trust...