Word: anteroom
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...minimum of fanfare, Leonardo da Vinci's Ginevra dei Bend (see color), acquired from the private collection of Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein for more than $5,000,000 last month, went on display in solitary splendor in the National Gallery's "Lobby B," a small anteroom with a 28-ft. ceiling, limestone walls and a marble floor...
...objections of "Lawyer" Mayberry, who refused to stop cross-examining one of his own witnesses. During the judge's charge to the jury, which, by law, defendants must hear, Fiok was forced to have the cater wauling trio gagged, put in straitjackets, and finally ejected to an anteroom to which his words were duly piped over a loudspeaker...
...interior, Architect Kruger was able to keep to his original elegant scheme. Fan-shaped legislative halls open onto a 60-ft.-high rotunda. Doors to dangerous service areas have abrasive-covered handles to warn the blind, and the Governor has a telephoto peephole to survey his anteroom. As for visitors who may want to know what an authentic Southwestern government house would look like, Santa Feans can still proudly point to the nearby 1610 Palace of the Governors, the oldest capitol in the U.S., a one-story Spanish colonial adobe structure that is the cornerstone of New Mexican style...
...penalty for murder as adults: the electric chair.) As the trial got under way last week before a jury of eight men and four women, Mrs. Baniszewski, John Jr. and Hubbard pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity; Paula, Stephanie and Ricky pleaded simply not guilty. Upstairs in an anteroom sat Sylvia's parents, still not comprehending how and why it had happened. Sitting sunken-cheeked in court, her blue-veined legs crossed and swinging silver-stitched black slippers, Mrs. Baniszewski also looked puzzled by the whole affair. Shortly after her arrest, she had confided to police: "Sylvia wanted...
...them to vote against Novas when the time came for balloting at the end of the debate. When Parliament convened for the debate, in which Novas had promised to reveal the iniquities of Papandreou's 17 months in office, Papandreou simply ordered his supporters to stay in an anteroom. The infuriated leader of the right-wing Na tional Radical Union, whose 99 Deputies were ready to vote for Novas, an nounced that unless Papandreou sent his men into the chamber his own party would also boycott the debate...