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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro - Jun 19, 2008
Members of a powerful federal arts commission expressed satisfaction yesterday with changes to a memorial statue of Martin Luther King Jr. after the architect smoothed away wrinkles in King's brow and reshaped the mouth …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro Business - Jun 7, 2008
The front door to one of Washington's finer addresses, a four-story townhouse valued at $3.9 million, is padlocked and covered with plywood. The brass-toned plate above the entrance reads: "Embassy of the Republic of …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro - May 24, 2008
The District launched online voting yesterday for the local figure whose likeness will appear on the city's commemorative quarter, despite the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts' criticism that the designs are too cluttered.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro - May 21, 2008
The Mall is a national "disgrace," an overused, neglected and decrepit urban park in need of a total makeover that could cost $500 million, according to testimony at a congressional hearing yesterday.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns - May 20, 2008
We should all be able to agree that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was "confrontational." He was also wise, measured, visionary, good-natured and generous of heart. Like most great figures in history, he was …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro - May 19, 2008
The furrows in Martin Luther King Jr.'s brow already are gone, and his face looks less troubled.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Courtland Milloy (washingtonpost.com) - May 14, 2008
I took a photograph of the proposed Martin Luther King Jr. memorial statue to the Tidal Basin yesterday and asked tourists and other passersby what they thought about it. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose approval …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Marc Fisher (washingtonpost.com) - May 11, 2008
Martin Luther King was never an arms-folded kind of man. He was never one to tighten up against slings of opposition, never one to choose a cocky or grandiose pose.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Style - May 10, 2008
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the few undoubtedly, undilutedly great figures of the 20th century. Here's a radical idea for truly doing justice to the greatness of his memory: Give him a monument that might …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Print Edition - May 9, 2008
A powerful federal arts commission is urging that the sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. proposed for a memorial on the Tidal Basin be reworked because it is too "confrontational" and reminiscent of political art in …
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