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Barely a week goes by without one or other public figure apologizing for a disaster of monumental proportions.

A stadium, because of its size, is always something of a monumental building.

A monumental gateway in the form of a pair of truncated pyramids serving as the entrance to an ancient Egyptian temple.

This strategy seems to give the house a monumental and sculptural quality that articulates a sense of stability, simplicity and permanence.

and his wife looked at him with an anxious frown across the monumental Britannia ware of their lodging house breakfast-table.

Virginia Tech President Charles Steger said the university was struck with a tragedy that can be considered of monumental proportions.

self-assurance His monumental self-assurance was based upon his complete faith in his own ability.

Think about this for a moment. . . allow the monumental impact of that statement to sink in and all that encompasses.

Among them, chopsticks culture with its monumental character, the unique charm of Chinese culture into a wonderful large garden.

The Club of Rome's monumental book The Limits to Growth came out in 1972, with a picture of the earth on its cover.

Failure to take account of the linkages however will result in widespread mal-adaptation and a monumental wasted opportunity.

As the U. S. did over a century ago, China will try to display its wealth through monumental architecture and exhibitions of economic wares.

Yellow Canons Internal Medicine was the classic work of TCM. It was a monumental medical work which involving in many other subjects.

At the mere mention of a civilization, we invariably call to mind those monumental buildings that are characteristic of it.

Given the perceived failure of Copenhagen, there was bound to be a monumental blame game.

"The monumental energy price increases will be a 'game change' for Asia, " the bank said in a research note.

At the heart of the Project is a monumental ellipse-the unique symbol and new civic landmark of this Project.

The monumental complex in Lower Manhattan was at the heart of New York's financial center.

The result, he said, "was the most monumental non-nuclear explosion and fire ever seen from space. "

Since magnetic fields cause electrical currents, such a collision could have caused a monumental short circuit visible from Earth.

In 2008, nobody could anticipate these monumental changes that were to sweep across the region two years later.

His monumental 1997 defeat following years of damaging internal rifts over Europe left the Conservatives out of power for 13 years.

Once again the England team has proven, so far, a monumental disappointment to its fans at home.

The incuriousness of the Roman rich and the Roman rulers was more massive and monumental even than their architecture.

The conceptual space of a printed book is one in which writing is stable, monumental, and controlled exclusively by the author.

Events that seem monumental, scars that seems like they will never fade, everything will eventually dissipate. It's just a truth of time.

In interiors, Baroque movement around and through a void informed monumental staircases that had no parallel in previous architecture.

The change is absolutely monumental, because it's not just opening it up, but it's opening it up to the rest of the world.

If you have taken on the monumental responsibility of having kids then you know what a joy it is to see their happy smiling faces.

A monumental Anne sits with her adult daughter perched on her lap.

For the first seven years of this decade, that situation bred excess and abuse; now it is delivering a monumental backlash.

AURORA : That's so easy for you to say. You've done so many wonderful, monumental things. You've walked on the Moon.

The physical, hormonal, emotional and social changes facing a woman directly after giving birth can be monumental.

China's monumental red pagoda was a reminder of who hosted the party and admission quotas for it filled within minutes each morning.

The exhibition coincides with a monumental piece of scholarship by the Amsterdam museum.

Across the river, the following decade, Gustave Eiffel began work on his monumental iron tower as an emblem of industry and science.

It has been a shared vision and monumental task to reach this agreement.

These items range from small pottery vessels for household use to monumental concrete structures like the Roman Coliseum.

In 1919, when she was studying at a women's college in Beijing, one monumental event changed the whole course of her life from then on.

When a monumental storm engulfs the town, only a precious few survivors are left to battle the beasts before all humanity is devoured alive.

Her monumental task -- to rescue one of the nation's most troubled education systems -- is one she assesses very bluntly.

In most other capital cities, the designers( of such monumental buildings )would be in hot demand on the lecture circuit.

Johan Sebastian Bach, the greatest Germen composer in Baroque period, wrote a vast amount of splendid monumental music works all his life.

The monumental and recalling section is put into a very significant position in this layout.

as a monumental Tibetan translator, his rediscovery of an anonymous Manchu version of the Elements of Geometry.

Mr Halliday's monumental work, though full of colourful anecdote, may not appeal to the general reader.

Your pioneering work therefore represents a monumental achievement that truly can be said to confer the greatest benefit to mankind.

The impassivity of these monumental structures contrasts sharply with the swarming human life that surges in the streets below.

A monumental case of a landed UFO, several small beings, and physical traces left behind, occurred in Socorro, New Mexico in 1964.

Monumental public buildings out of all proportion to the size of the local population are common across China.

One of those occasions is National Day, and this week, the monumental decorating project got underway.

However he said it "does not detract from the Government's monumental failure to retain the Aer Lingus - Heathrow service" .

It was a monumental step, all the more so because as a legislator, in 1977, Ryan had voted to reinstate the death penalty.

For an event pronounced "boring" by one American network, the royal wedding is generating a monumental amount of coverage.

It would be a monumental mistake for Chelsea to part company with The Special One.

Monumental developments interrupt periods of stagnation, always as a result of crucial external developments.

In addition to this temple the Anu Ziggurat also had a monumental limestone paved staircase used in religious processions.

China will probably be the world's largest economy within our children's lifetimes and a monumental force in every dimension of life.

The door stood open, and the room with its white, monumental bed, its closed shutters , looked dim and mysterious.

But many times there aren't enough developer resources nor is there enough time to perform such a monumental task.

Significant (for some, monumental) internal change will need to take place if the customer relationships are to be sustainable.

It was a monumental moment for me as it was the first iceberg I have seen.

The author of the project has several professions, one of them is the restorer of monumental painting.

He completed the translation of this monumental work with a herculean effort.

Jobs were shed in their hundreds of thousands as ordinary people paid the price for the monumental greed and recklessness of the few.

During the celebrations for the Argentine's Football Association centenary, he played against Brazil in the Monumental Stadium.

The artist spent years on His monumental painting, which covered all the walls of the exhibition hall.

But the project is a formidable challenge to all of our expectations of what a monumental building should be.

I also believe he must meet a monumental challenge before we sign off on his all-time status: He must meet and beat Floyd Mayweather Jr.

It is the temple of beauty and art, but it is allows gift what I call masscustomisation to important meeting and monumental activities.

The urgency of the situation makes it necessary to reiterate the monumental problems of population growth .

Clearing your inbox in 40 seconds less than yesterday is cause for a monumental celebration.

It is in this script that the great Indian king Asoka inscribed his laws onto monumental columns.

Borglum: american sculptor noted FOR his monumental works, particularly the busts of four U. S. Presidents on Mount Rushmore.

The artist spent years on his monumental painting, which covered the whole roof of the church, the biggest in the country. C. outstanding.

Had it not been for the monumental battle that turned the tide against the Confederacy in the Civil War.

If she makes the ascension, a monumental change will occur in the universe, and you will be part of it.

Major budget restructuring, particularly targeting such entitlements as health care, poses a monumental political hurdle.

That ever-expanding array of touchscreen handsets is just the physical evidence of the monumental change the iPhone has wrought.

Gaoming Jiang investigates crop fires and a monumental waste of resources.

Soldini has also been commissioned to produce monumental works for various public spaces, both in the United States and abroad.

Sea creatures, from the miniscule to the monumental, may influence mixing to a surprising degree.

The Rwandan blogosphere also focused on this monumental event. A variety of themes all related to the genocide were discussed.

From bureaucratic cuneiform to monumental hieroglyphs, early writing systems were mostly divorced from speech.

The most difficult structure to design is a simple monumental shaft. The proportions must perfect to pleasing.

This will be a monumental struggle of good versus evil. But good will prevail.

The structure surrounding such an opening, such as the monumental or fortified entrance to a palace or walled city.

In spite of the monumental challenges, supporters of stem cell research remain convinced of its benefits to future generations.

Photographer Ansel Adams's images of ageless trees and monumental mountains evoke a realm of timeless beauty preserved in national parks.

Though the rules of such games are unknown, monumental stone ball courts were prominent features of Maya cities.

Yet the Great Leap Forward was a monumental failure.

Its monumental efforts to educate and train have filled the tanks of its innovation engine.

But should his group have built a "monumental building" for a dictatorship?

It was the second monumental loss in the opera world in recent months.

It may not, in fact, look that different, but the changes will nevertheless be monumental.

How could a text with a monumental 100, 000 verses could be composed, preserved and transmitted through memory alone?

Last month marked many monumental events, with the defining moment being the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.

China -- and neighboring India -- are undertaking a monumental frenzy of urbanization.

It is a monumental work, I believe that it is one of the most outstanding novels in China's history.

Or in the best way, one's in a life time they invite an artist with monumental graphic.

In this provocative book, Kadlec reveals the forces driving this monumental boom and examines its potential impact.

This article seeks to level mining from the material expression of monumental architectural theme factors.

Whichever way you cut it, North America is still a monumental drag.

Where available, stone has generally been the preferred material for monumental structures.

Even if there's no reward, I would still gladly contribute my efforts to this monumental sporting event.

By realizing the extension partly underground, the view to the monumental farm was not harmed.

Henry Clay, (1777-1852) was a monumental figure in American politics in the middle part of the nineteenth century.

The monumental task of camp building and mob placement has recently been completed by the design team.

The Decision . . . that was a monumental mistake by a group of young men.

It puts a human face on issues which from afar can appear abstract or ideological or monumental in their global impact.

I do not like to be seen in "shiny boxes" . I do not like to spend time in monumental buildings.

He also labored on a monumental equestrian statue in honor of Lodovico's father, Francesco Sforza.

If you want to do really big things in life, then you have to have monumental enthusiasm and passion.

In 1886, sculptor Frederic Bartholdi's monumental Statue of Liberty rose in New York Harbor - a gift of the French people.

Between our back fence and the Richardses's monumental brick garage there were a hundred square yards of barren ground.

Has a great determination and perseverance, he finally finished with the 37-year period of this monumental work.

He recently completed a series of monumental painted steel sculptures , weighing about two tons each , titled "Passage. "

We spent this week with both bands as they prepared for Saturday's monumental match-up.

The successful outcome of the lobbying effort would prove monumental.

I'll take Malick's somber, poetic and monumental style any day over robots beating each other up and cracking bad jokes.

With his monumental masterpiece, Science and Civilization in China, he built a bridge between the two great civilizations of East and West.

To those monumental happenings the annual bacchanal of Carnival, now in full swing, seemed an appropriate backdrop.

This book is a monumental work worthy of China's new cultural movement.

the fact that China needs to address all of them is a monumental and risky task.

Your arrogance back then was said to be monumental.

Most of this value can be attributed to worked monumental building stone such as marble, travertine, alabaster , granite and other stones.

The foreground appears monumental, while the rapidly diminishing background creates a wide horizon.

The ASR is a monumental scientific breakthrough that could banish forever the threat of some forms of blindness.

In his monumental work begun in 1666, Newton discovered three vital facts about the gravitational force .

Together, they all performed the monumental "Requiem" by 19th century Romantic composer Hector Berlioz.

Literally turns monumental sculpture on its head.

These same Achaemenids also adopted Assyrian and Babylonian motifs for their monumental art , including the winged disc .

It's an absolutely monumental waste of energy and resources.

The front of the house made in the classical style has monumental proportions.

The monumental building has beautiful Art deco and Jugendstil details.

The incidental music of Peer Gynt by Grieg is great recordings in drama history and becomes monumental classics in music history.

Greeting card is major holiday, anniversary, birthday gift each other's monumental exquisite works of art.

But Vogel has a monumental story to tell.

His office designed monumental ways of displaying the existing brand.

The trouble is, I didn't know how to react and actually felt bad for the officers who'd come around to break this monumental news.

a large monumental statue symbolizing liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor.

Indeed, in 1781, the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, wrote a monumental, and very obscure work, The Critique of Pure Reason.

Devil in the Milk is a monumental study, convincingly laid out, and one that demands our immediate attention.

By the turn of the 20th century, French was America's leading monumental sculptor.

Its public debts are nowhere near as monumental as Greece's; its banks not as reckless as Ireland's.

Einstein's monumental contriButions to physics.

I am fortunate to witness this historic process and be a part of such monumental events.

From the outside, the building has an austere, almost monumental character.

It doesn't have to be an overwhelming or a monumental task.

This paper took monumental mind as a focal point, studies the development, characteristics and the type of monument theme.

monumental declaration of Athens' dominance in the New World order.

In 1884 Rodin took on another monumental project, this time for the city of Calais, France.

Thus there has to be monumental changes, and we are waiting in readiness to apply the plan that will carry you forward.

I think this picture recognizes their loss, and honors it. Their sacrifice was monumental.

Likewise, Nancy Pelosi's rise to become the speaker of the House was seen as monumental.

In statistical terms, a fatality rate of 0. 001% would seem a monumental achievement for public health.

In 1970, he embarked on an English translation; a monumental task that took 10 years to complete.

If you make monumental contribution to people, you will become monumental.

Building the plant required about 10, 000 workers, a monumental endeavor in such an isolated place.

Monumental effort The task of rescuing the Casbah is immense.

But ecological life and biospheric life require a more monumental roomtoviewthings in.

Our arms open to embrace you one and all, as we make this monumental transition together.

They are arguing about the document of the monumental instrument .

You might think the project is a monumental example of hubris.

Whether your risk is monumental or blessedly average, we know you want to protect yourself.

In 1963, with Anna Schwartz, he published "AMonetary History of the United States, 1867-1960" , a monumental labour.

An occasional touch of sunshine has added certain monumental character to them.

It is a fact of life that every monumental work will likely be surpassed.

All these limitations and forbidden regions were swept aside with Newton's monumental work The Principia (1687).

Goodness! that's a monumental cock-up on their part. . .

It is a monumental circular standing of large stones. The earliest stones were erected in 3100 B. C.

I grave a monumental line, before I go, amid these songs.

"In some [areas] the bubble has reached monumental levels. "

After a monumental 14-hour drive we arrive at our next destination. The journey has been exhausting.

During the 200s B. C. , the Chinese erected major sections of the monumental Great Wall of China.

This is a monumental difference when you consider that views are refreshed hundreds of times per day.

It is a thoroughfare across Hangzheu Bay and a monumental work in Chinese people' s heart.

Adding this new, monumental pressure could very well be the straw that will break the dollar's back.

Gate: Wow, what a monumental jump in difficulty.

We have monumental challenges and we have to sustain high level of growth.

Haiguotuzhi is a great geographical and historical monumental work in the late Qing Dynasty.

Monumental amounts more, in fact.

'We will embark on a journey across time and space. If my language is dramatic, it is because this project is monumental.

But the tribunal, started in 2007, only introduced this monumental charge at the end oflast year.

Directly in front of me, the monument to a monumental man : George Washington, Father of our country.

And then there is the monumental waste.

As said earlier, Sagittarius who are attached but not yet wed may make that monumental decision in early June.

It's a monumental task. 19. It took some doing. ; 18.

This is a monumental moment for both of us.

Make the students know the card is a monumental work of art, and learn the method of greeting card production.

Your first time-- that's--that's monumental. It is your first time, right?

Even today, this piece of writing in the Renaissance by the Leonardo da Vinci's monumental masterpiece is still full of mystery;

Out of such record gathering, monumental leaps in understanding have occurred for those in the program and earth alike;

Creating Architectural Perfect Products and Establishing Historical Monumental Work

"They reflect monumental credit on American achievement; they are perfection. " --Richard Strauss. leading German composer

Integration of Urban Design and Security Plan: Consideration of Washington's Monumental Core

Semantic and Monumental Characteristics in Ancient Chinese College Yard

The Culture Renaissance of China Ancient's and Monumental Work of Architecture

Planning and Design of Monumental Landscape and Tourism

monumental heritage appears after them

Disclosure is the most monumental event in modern Earth history;

Stone Carvings of Mao Mausoleum: The Monumental Works

On Design Principle of Monumental Landscape

Discussion of Rodin's Monumental Sculpture

Ouyang Xiu's production of monumental writings

a triumph equaled only by its monumental failure

An imposing and monumental old man

The Monumental Arch outside the gate of Jinping Academy

Levee Reinforcement on the Yangtze River--A Monumental Work in the History of Levee Construction in China