Word: sites
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Suggested the site for the Statue of Liberty...
Seeing the University of London's plight, the Government lately offered it an option on eleven acres of good Bloomsbury soil adjacent to its University College hospital site, right behind the British Museum, hard by a number of learned headquarters such as the Royal...
...quiet and dignified, well served by tram, tube and busses, seemingly an ideal spot for a concentrated university quarter. The option was to expire April 1, but up to last week the University of London had done nothing towards taking it up. A dozen reasons were given-the site was too cramped, too citified, too expensive. The real reason was concealed- the "bigwigs" of the University's colleges were afraid of being nudged and bunted by one another's reputations and personalities if brought to such close quarters. With the option's expiration imminent, London alumni conducted...
...Paul von Hindenburg" he was called before the War, when he was on the army pension list. "Hoch! Hoch!! Hoch der President!!!" roared the crowds last week. Dutifully, imperturbably, impressively the old soldier rode to the site of the Leipsic Spring Fair...
...Completed in 1828. So named because President John Adams, his son, President John Quincy Adams and their wives are buried therein. Quincy, Mass., is named after John Quincy, maternal greatgrandfather of John Quincy Adams, and donor of the town's site...