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Example sentences for: commemorative
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In 1997, Congress passed the Commemorative Coin Program Act, which mandated that each of the 50 states be honored with a new quarter over 10 years (1999-2008).
The big vote for democracy in Hong Kong Sunday was welcomed by the South China Morning Post, although the paper expressed concern in an editorial Monday that the high voter turnout, despite torrential rain, might have been at least partly due to "the offer by the retail chain, Giordano, of a 40 per cent discount to anyone who took along the commemorative card to show they had voted."
And if that isn't enough synergy for you, if you go to the pages for Mein Kampf on Amazon, as I did, you'll also find links to recommended Amazon auctions, including a collectible sign of Hitler photographed with two children and various commemorative stamps.
The postal service did not directly finance The Inspectors , starring Louis Gossett Jr. as a two-fisted postal inspector, but it did spend millions promoting it--printing 5,000 commemorative envelopes, hanging movie posters in 40,000 post offices, and putting Gossett's voice on its phone system so you hear a movie promo when you're on hold.
A commemorative plaque (near the Baroque fountain) embedded in the piazza marks the spot where Savonarola was executed (see page 26).