Word: nave
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Samuel Gompers (1850-1924), a British-born Jew of Dutch parentage, was a founding father of the U.S. labor movement and first president of the A.F.L. His window, at the rear of the south nave over the tomb of Woodrow Wilson, is dedicated to artisans and craftsmen. Among the eight scenes are Noah building the Ark, the building of King Solomon's temple and the building of Washington Cathedral...
...solemnity. It was the sable-tongued voice of Richard Dimbleby, a tall, benign, Pickwickian commentator so unfailingly proper that he all but calls the thing in his hand a Michael. Dropping sterling syllables into the air from his glass-paneled aerie 60 ft. above Westminster Abbey's nave, Dimbleby lived up not only to his reputation as England's best commentator, but to his nicknames-"Bishop Dimbleby," "Dick Dimbleboom," and "The Royal Plum Pudding...