Word: buildings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...middle of a North Carolina forest stands a spanking new white brick building with lots of sliding glass doors and a glass-domed roof, as if the architect intended to build either a hothouse or a window on the world and simply could not decide which. When Peter Riesenberg, professor of history from Washington University and a fellow-in-residence, first saw the National Humanities Center, he cried, "I've lucked into a monastery!" Surveying his $2.5 million home away from home, Martin Krieger, on leave from the University of Minnesota's Institute of Public Affairs, murmured, "After...
...Soviet pressures build as SALT and a summit near...
...documentary on the plight of the boat people, Governor Robert Ray of Iowa wrote President Carter and said his state wished to add 1,500 more refugees this year to its current Indochinese population of 3,500. Ray offered those arriving last week "a new beginning, an opportunity to build new lives for yourselves and your children," and called on lowans to "remember that our own ancestors were also boat people...
...donor's image." On the one hand, Bok proudly points out he once turned down a gift from the Papadopoulos regime which seemed designed to gain the goodwill of Greek-Americans. On the other hand, Steiner admitted that Harvard had accepted the Atlantic Richfield Company's offer to build a public affairs forum, even though "I'm sure ARCO hoped (the naming of the Forum) could have some favorable impact on its negative public image." True, ARCO has been repeatedly charged with price-fixing and other "unethical" behavior; but, says Bok, "It's a little hard to make value judgements...
...million. Among other things the acquisition added to A.T.C. the 100,000 subscribers of Manhattan Cable, which Time Inc. had bought earlier. Unlike Teleprompter, which is concentrating largely on adding subscribers in areas where it already operates, A.T.C. is eagerly bidding for new franchises. It is now building or about to build in 15 new areas, including Memphis (250,000 houses reachable by cable), Jacksonville (200,000) and Kansas City (165,000). Says Rifkin: "While it is not necessarily our objective to be No. 1, we think that it is inevitable within two years, considering the numbers and sizes...