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Defenders of the statue maintain that the new law indeed prevents installation of the obelisk.
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This giant obelisk, perhaps the Ethiopian capital’s finest piece of public art, was donated by Josip Tito, then president of Yugoslavia, in 1955.
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Lee’s 14-foot statue, atop its base, reaches 60 feet into the sky, Davis’s features a 67-foot obelisk; their purpose is to draw our eyes away from the real world and into the mythic clouds of the Lost Cause.
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The removal of the obelisk dedicated to the Battle of Liberty Place at the foot of Iberville Street on April 24 opened the floodgates to violent threats against city workers and contractors alike.
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Small but determined, tiny elvers wriggle through wet grass and can mount six-foot dam walls, climbing atop each other like Navy plebes scaling the Academy obelisk.
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An obelisk at the university, erected by the North Korean authorities and dedicated to Mr. Kim’s grandfather and father, has drawn scorn from outside observers.
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Barthelemy's tenure also included the removal of the Liberty Place obelisk from Canal Street in 1989 during a construction project.
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The futurist extravaganza was remembered for its Trylon, a needle-thin obelisk, and the spherical Perisphere, gleaming symbols of the American century.
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Origin and Etymology of obelisk
Middle French obelisque, from Latin obeliscus, from Greek obeliskos, from diminutive of obelos
OBELISK Defined for English Language Learners
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: a tall, four-sided stone column that becomes narrower toward the top and that ends in a point
OBELISK Defined for Kids
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: a four-sided pillar that becomes narrower toward the top and ends in a pyramid
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