Word: caking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...down by the fact that it is being staged at the White House. Most of the flowers will be provided by the White House greenhouse keepers, who have grown lilies of the valley for the bridal bouquet. The orchestra will be the scarlet-coated Marine Band. The multilayered wedding cake is being prepared by the White House pastry chef, who worked for two months preparing mock-up designs for Luci...
...senders: the manufacturers offering kitchen equipment, the sentimentalists asking the bride to wear their ancient lace. Others have been politely accepted: a set of coasters, decorated with pebbles, from a New Jersey elementary school; a sheet and pillow cases hand-tatted by a 15-year-old Rochester girl; a cake plate lovingly decorated by an elderly woman in the Midwest. Luci has also reaped a harvest of gifts from two bridal showers-one in Waukegan, the other in Washington. At the latter, the bride-to-be received enough soufflé dishes to swamp the Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin...
Problem is, the ancient sandstone walls have crumbled like cake, and the limited space inside is pinching tightly. The $34 million reconstruction will move parts of the main facade as much as 88 ft. westward, adding 41 acres of badly needed floor space distributed over seven levels from sub-subbasement to attic. Into the new area will fit conference and committee rooms, 109 offices for Congressmen, a pair of auditoriums seating 400 each, cafeterias and dining rooms seating 1,600 people. Many of the new facilities, including those for eating, are designed to handle tourists who now visit the Capitol...
...Piece of Cake...
...gratifying to see my husband's report on federalism cited in your "Marble-Cake Government" Essay [May 27]. But he would have argued with your subhead: "Washington's New Partnership with the States." As he made clear, the partnership is as old as the states. There has always been an intermingling of functions, though it is more accelerated and visible...