Word: cleans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gabon--The flags were out in Port Gentil, too. The President of Gabon, Albert Bongo, and the President of neighboring Cameroun, el-Amidji, were in town to demonstrate Central African unity and boost their egos. It turned out later that the welcome signs--"Vive la cooperacion Africaine"--and the clean streets weren't enough. The presidents were pissed because the clapping hadn't been enthusiastic enough, and Bongo made vague threats about funds to the local authorities...
...with the period rooms. Unfortunately, these seven gloomily sumptuous chambers are of little historical interest (they were done in 1959 by a Paris decorator, in a plum-cake version of stockbroker's plush). Lehman's paintings, now that they are public, would have looked better in a clean, airy, comprehensible museum space than in this red velvet warren. No service to art is done by preserving the symbolism of private ownership in a public precinct; in a museum, paintings and sculpture deserve - indeed, demand - to be experienced as unedited messages from the painter to the viewer, rather than...
...this year, Gulf Oil Chairman Bob Dorsey admitted that his company had indeed given $4 million to a political party in another country, which he did not name. A Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee decided to look into the foreign policy implications of Gulfs contribution and pressed Dorsey to come clean...
...remained on the tower as the sole Bulldog victory of the day. But just before the Radcliffe squad departed. Sacks symbolically painted that over also, in addition to hoisting a broom on a Yale flagpole to signify a clean sweep. It was clear to all who was in fact number...
...pitchers with line drives and was hitting a potent .363 last week. Monday, signed by A's Owner Charlie Finley with a much publicized $100,000 bonus ten years ago and traded to Chicago in 1971, is finally playing up to his early promise. The clubhouse jester and clean-up hitter was batting .337. Not far behind at .321 was Manny Trillo, a surprisingly effective second baseman acquired last winter in the trade for Williams...