Word: foyer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Standing in the foyer of his Francis Ave. home, John Kenneth Galbraith, Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus, doled out candy corn, tootsie rolls, and economic forecasts to nighttime visitors...
...residents have mounted their bicycles to head for jobs and schools. No matter where they pedal they never get far from Uncle Ho. His exhortations to BE VIGILANT AND DEFEND THE COUNTRY AT ALL TIMES are posted throughout the city. His steely face surveys every foyer and office. It seems to personify the martial mind-set that still grips the Vietnamese and the discipline that characterizes life in Hanoi today...
When Discussion Leader Tom DiBacco of American University announces a refreshment break, the others ignore him; they are busy drafting policy proposals at the corners of the room. DiBacco walks alone out to the foyer and picks up a Coke from the silver tureen...
...down at the gas station to let folks know they could stay at the church. We did the same thing last year. Every time this happens, when folks are gone we find checks here and there, tucked into the pulpit or the music stand." A sign in the church foyer reads NO MAN IS AN ISLAND...
...entrance foyer, there is a prominent reminder that men should be "properly attired in necktie and jacket at all times," and women should limit their wardrobe to "dresses, pant suits or skirt suits...