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...Garden Court-190 rooms, a baby grand piano in each of its 72 suites-began its life just a few years after Hollywood emerged as the world's movie capital. When it opened its doors on New Year's Eve, 1919, the staff unrolled a long crimson carpet down to Hollywood Boulevard, then a dusty lane, where lines of limousines deposited their elegant passengers. As the silent movie era gave way to the talkies, and Hollywood's business and glamour grew proportionately, the residences of its stars became more lavish too. There was the Hollywood Hotel, where...
...Force One landed at Orly Airport near Paris a few minutes before midnight on a rainy Wednesday. Nancy held an umbrella over the President as they trod a soggy red carpet, to be greeted by French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson. It was not a night for ceremony. The Reagans sped off to the residence of U.S. Ambassador Evan Galbraith to recuperate from jet lag and prepare for the first serious task: cementing Reagan's friendship with French President François Mitterrand, his host at the Versailles summit...
...season progressed, Harvard lost much of this mental and physical acuity. Its physical toughness suffered from schizophrenic weather that dumped a carpet of snow on Soldier's Field in the middle of April, forcing the laxwomen into the confines of Bright Hockey Center, Briggs Cage, and even the aquatic world...
Seven members of the new club came to the first meeting of A.W.H.P.S., visiting Speakes' office where each had presided at one time or another over the past 30 years. "You've cleaned the carpet," observed Ron Nessen, who was Jerry Ford's man. "You've taken out the private bathroom," lamented George Christian, one of Lyndon Johnson's press officers, and still an astute judge of power perks. One of Christian's main innovations was still operational. That is a circular desk, situated in the office corner to prevent reporters from sneaking behind...
...policy. This is especially crucial in times, such as now, of low student interest in investment issues. Propp says in addition that the advisory committee can serve as a "lighting rod" for student concerns. "The existence of the ACSR has prevented the Corporation from sweeping [moral issues] under the carpet" he says...