Example sentences for: bicentennial

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  • The first edition of The Complete Plain Words , an edited amalgan of Plain Words (1948) and The ABC of Plain Words (1951), appeared in 1954; an edition revised by Sir Bruce Fraser was published in 1973; the present work, published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (stolidly called “Her Britannic Majesty's Stationary [ sic ] Office” on the copyright page) in 1986 to celebrate its bicentennial, is a revision of Fraser's edition.

  • Built with remarkable speed (Danish architect Johann-Otto von Sprekelsen won the contest in 1983 and it was ready for the bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989), the Grande Arche stands on an axis with the Arc de Triomphe and the Cour Carrée of the Louvre.

  • The L.A. segment of the Pacific Coast Bicentennial Bike Route, which runs for 1,000 miles (1,610 km) from Oregon to Mexico, is a particularly popular trail.

  • I started writing them in my teens, and in 1976 I launched a magazine called Thoughts For All Seasons: The Magazine of Epigrams [ TFAS ]. The first issue of Thoughts came out in 1976, a bicentennial year.

  • The current issue marks the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights and the French Revolution.


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