Word: carpetting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...random-rubble grotto, has been pruned; and the millions of little round mother-of-pearl tiles, like sequins, that were meant to encrust its inside columns have been replaced by cream plaster. Connoisseurs of Goff will also miss the grace notes of his other buildings: no orange carpet on the roof, no replicas of Zen sand gardens done in furnace slag and fused bottle glass. By Goff's standards, this is almost a rational building -- essentially two cells of galleries anchored by towers sheathed in green quartzite, their circular roofs slung on cables from structural frames whose horns resemble torii...
...Wimbledon singles title, one more than Helen Wills Moody won back in the 1920s and '30s. Martina punched the air in anticipation. But silently the skies turned from summer sun to North Atlantic squall, and Steffi simply and unceremoniously broke the veteran's serve again and again. When the carpet bombing from Graf's forehand was over, the score was 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, and a tournament official had to show the slightly abashed young woman how to hold the trophy for the crowd...
SIMILARITY BREEDS CONTENTMENT. If the Democrats are a "rainbow coalition," the Republicans display a narrower palette. Many women in the Dome were color coordinated: their red high heels matched the royal hue of the convention's carpet. The men sported tans that matched their tan suits. It was all so homogeneous. Comedian Jackie Mason, wandering around the convention, observed that "everyone here looks like they have a relative who is a West Point graduate. They all look like if they had sex they wouldn't get excited. They look like they wouldn't call for help if they were drowning...
Reagan's ability to overfly troubles of his own making on a magic carpet woven of his own illusions remains a wonderment. He has helped banish bad news from the political lexicon. "There are no bitter pills among Ronald Reagan's jelly beans," explains a durable adviser. But eight years of smile-button politics leave a heavy burden for those who would follow, Democrat or Republican. No matter how intractable the problems, the American people have come to expect can-do homilies from their President. Any honest talk about sacrifice or yielding self-interest to the common interest...
...city has rolled out the red carpet--literally--for the 5000 Republican delegates and alternates who will choose Vice President George Bush as their party's standard bearer tomorrow night...