Word: armchairs
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...accepted wisdom in Washington that each new First Family gets to put its personal imprimatur on the decor of the White House. It is also the right of every self-respecting armchair decorator to criticize the First Family's taste. The Lincolns were disparaged as spendthrifts. Rutherford Hayes' refurbishings were deemed "French-y and pretentious." Teddy Roosevelt smeared the Green Room with a polar-bear pelt, and purists reached for the smelling salts when Harry Truman built a balcony over the South Portico. Even decor queen Jackie Kennedy was sharply rebuked by the President himself when an all-too-authentic...
Larry Kay will never forget the night of the white cloud. On Jan. 20, 1991, three days after the Gulf War had started, Kay was dozing in an armchair at his construction battalion's camp in Saudi Arabia, more than 100 miles from the Kuwaiti border. At 3 a.m. an exploding Scud missile jolted him awake. Before Kay had time to clamp on his gas mask, the acrid smell of ammonia assaulted his lungs, and he watched a whitish gray cloud drift over the camp. Says he: "Right after that, people started getting sick...
TELEVISION: Filling Alistair Cooke's Armchair...
...Sharon played to an audience of American Jewish conservatives--a crowd that couldn't have been more pleased at this sabre-rattling outburst. Long accustomed to their role as apologists for Israel's often necessary but never pretty suppression of the occupied territories, these armchair hawks were highly receptive to tough talk about the Palestinians...
Leaning back comfortably in an elegant, white, upholstered armchair, McArthur reflects modestly on his accomplishments and his impact on the Business School...