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adjective august, capacious, compendious, comprehensive, dignified, distinguished, elegant, elevated, eminent, exalted, excellent, famous, first-rate, glorious, good, grandiose, great, illustrious, imperial, important, leading, lofty, magnificent, majestic, mighty, noble, palatial, paramount, pompous, preeminent, princely, prodigious, prominent, proud, renowned, splendid, stately, stellar, sublime, superb, superior, supreme, very magisterial, wide-reaching

GRAND. An epithet frequently used to denote that the thing. to which it is joined is of more importance and dignity, than other things of the same name; as, grand assize, a writ in a real action to determine the right of property in land; grand cape, a writ used in England, on a plea of land, when the tenant makes default in appearance at the day given for the king to take the land into his hands; grand days, among the English lawyers, are those days in term which are solemnly kept in the inns of court and chancery, namely, Candlemas day, in Hilary term; Ascension day, in Easter term; and All Saint's day, in Michaelmas term; which days are dies non juridici. Grand distress is the name of a writ so called because of its extent, namely, to all. the goods and chattels of the party distrained within the county; this writ is believed to be peculiar to England. Grand Jury. (q. v.) Grand serjeantry, the name of an ancient English military tenure.

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When the military pulled out after the war, Grand Central went into steady decline.

WHERE FLYING 'FAD' TOOK OFF GLENDALE SITE LIFTED AVIATION TO HEIGHTS

The area under the Viaduct that is to become a restaurant was originally used as an open trolley barn, then as the visitor center for the 1939 World's Fair, next as the Visitors' Information Center for Manhattan, and lastly, reflecting the decline that preceded the creation of the Grand Central Partnership, as a closeout discount store that went out of business several years ago.

Area under the Pershing Square Viaduct leased for restaurant

Le pr[beaucoup plus grand que]sident du festival Nejib Kouka a estim[beaucoup plus grand que] que l'absence des trois pr[beaucoup plus grand que]sidences de cette manifestation malgr[beaucoup plus grand que] les multiples invitations qui leur ont [beaucoup plus grand que]t[beaucoup plus grand que] adress[beaucoup plus grand que]es t[beaucoup plus grand que]moigne d'une AA volont[beaucoup plus grand que] politique de marginaliser la r[beaucoup plus grand que]gion et de ne pas reconnaitre son role dans le d[beaucoup plus grand que]clenchement de la r[beaucoup plus grand que]volution le 17 d[beaucoup plus grand que]cembre 2010A A'.

Tunisie : Les 3 pr[beaucoup plus grand que]sidences font faux bond au festival de la r[beaucoup plus grand que]volution a Sidi Bouzid

En outre,l'atelier a recommand[beaucoup plus grand que] de travailler pour renforcer le role des femmes et d'[beaucoup plus grand que]couter leurs points de vue sur la gouvernance et la construction de la paix en plus de soutenir le role des organisations et r[beaucoup plus grand que]seaux des femmes et de renforcer le role des m[beaucoup plus grand que]dias dans le processus de la communication avec l'autre directement ou indirectement.

L'atelier des d[beaucoup plus grand que]fis de la paix recommande de mettre en [beaucoup plus grand que]vidence les points communs entre les composantes du peuple soudanais

Dwight Tanaka, operations manager for the Grand Prix, was putting the finishing touches on his ``miniature city,'' which will accommodate an estimated 225,000 spectators this weekend.

TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH PREVIEW: GRAND (PRIX) TIME IN LONG BEACH PRACTICE ROUNDS, CELEB RACE TO PRECEDE SUNDAY'S EVENT

The two Manhattan streets, East 41st Street from Park Avenue to the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue, and East 43rd Street from Grand Central Terminal on Lexington Avenue to the United Nations, will also acquire additional names: East 41st Street will be known as Library Way, and East 43rd Street will become U.

Grand Central Partnership to create new 'ways.' (City of New York grants approval for redesign plans focusing on New York Public Library and United Nations buildings in Manhattan, New York)

Ainsi, le vote des militaires et des s[beaucoup plus grand que]curitaires aura lieu le 29 avril 2018, a-t-il dit.

Tunisie-Municipales: Ghannouchi esp[c]re que le gouvernement acceptera la d[beaucoup plus grand que]cision du report du scrutin au 6 mai 2018

As planned, criminal indictments will now be handled by a separate grand jury, chosen as needed from the general pool of those summoned for jury service.

GRAND JURY OVERHAUL DEBUTS NEW SYSTEM TO IMPROVE REPRESENTATION

C'est ce qui explique les proc[beaucoup plus grand que]dures complexes relatives aux autorisations de construction dont les d[beaucoup plus grand que]lais d'attribution pourraient d[beaucoup plus grand que]passer une ann[beaucoup plus grand que]e dans certains cas, ou par les probl[c]mes fonciers et la r[beaucoup plus grand que]gularisation de certaines situations fonci[c]res ", a-t-il pr[beaucoup plus grand que]cis[beaucoup plus grand que] lors d'une visite effectu[beaucoup plus grand que]e au gouvernorat de Mahdia.