Word: decorous
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Washington, the initials D.C, stand for Disco Capital, say the night stalkers. The most opulent place in town is Pisces, where the decor runs to old R.K.O. set designs, 1,000-gal. shark-filled aquariums, 18-ft. laser-lit cascades and tropical flora. Members include Liz Taylor, Gregory Peck and Alejandro Orfila, secretary-general of the Organization of American States, who last October auctioned off three rare 24-in.-high falabella ponies on the dance floor. The newest In place is The Apple Tree. The interior resembles a cross between a carpenter's loft and a berserk florist...
Cronin's, on Mt. Auburn St. near the Treadway Motor Inn, is our personal favorite. The drinks and food are good, generous, and reasonably priced; the waitresses are friendly and efficient, and the music is always good. The early '50s decor, including wooden booths, makes this a pleasant, relaxed place to down some chillies with friends...
...next hangar, a smaller one, when an efficient Teterboro policeman drove up, a stocky black-leather trooper who politely said that the blue executive had summoned him and that he would arrest us if we didn't quickly disappear. We retreated to Manny's Cockpit Restaurant, with its bicentennial decor, to dry off and plan strategy and punish ourselves with thoughts of condominiums and never-more-than-ten-minutes-of-rain-a-day. Two dozen yards off, Bruce was pumping gas into the Miami-bound Lear jet, and we couldn't look for its pilot without risking a night...
...presidency-the literal venue of the nation's power-Carter tends to use it only for ceremonial occasions and special meetings. Most of his day is spent in his adjacent small study, which is connected to the Oval Office by a short passageway. The room is sunny, the decor simple yet elegant; long curtains, gold carpet, white couch, two green easy chairs that are prime candidates for recovering. His personal secretary, Susan Clough, sits in an office adjacent to the study. When she is not typing letters or penciling in the almost constant changes in Carter's daily...
...interior was spacious but its decor was neutral. Chiang Ch'ing was wearing a superbly tailored shirtwaist dress of heavy crepe de chine, with a full pleated skirt falling to midcalf, a style evocative of our early 1950s...