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...only have to move across state. But whatever happens, the Steelers are all but out of the running for this season. There won't be any rioting in the streets this January, no wild exuberance or painting the town black and gold--just a normal city with slushy, muddy brick streets, a quiet sense of loss, and an eye to next season...
...turning to sleet. The Reagans swept into town in a 16-car motorcade. They did not stay at the posh Blair House; that had been booked long before the election for a visit by West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Instead they were billeted in a four-story beige brick, mansard-roofed town house at 716 Jackson Place, across Lafayette Park from the White House. One of a row of town houses owned by the Government, the dwelling is used as a residence for distinguished guests...
...white pillars of Baker Library, which dominate the Harvard Business School campus, symbolize the conservatism and stability the institution has long represented. Among the red brick buildings, long hair, and women seem to be interlopers, destroying time-honored traditions. The school's administration recognizes the need for increasing the number of women in top-level corporate positions--a goal which cannot be accomplished without increasing the number of women with MBA degrees. "We are 100% dedicated to equal opportunity employment and affirmative action; to anticipating and influencing the future" one professor said, and similar statements dominate any discussion of integrating...
...Summerside branch of the Royal Bank of Canada turned its thermostat down to a spartan 50°. Bundled in sweaters, the bank's employees toiled busily by the light of Coleman lanterns, kerosene lamps, candlesticks and even silver candelabra they had brought from home. Meanwhile, in the red brick town hall, city workers left electric typewriters and adding machines unplugged and addressed tax forms by hand...
Cobb is optimistic about his current project, a design for an art museum in Portland, Maine. Again, the urban context complicates the demands of the program. Cobb's design is an attempt to assimilate the new building into the site: a large brick facade encloses a public square; the stepped levels of the rear connect the vast new structure with the smaller existing museum building. Red brick was chosen to match the vernacular buildings of the city...