Word: interior
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...large measure because Baker and Deaver persuaded her he should be replaced as Secretary of State and she in turn persuaded the President. In 1982, after William Clark had taken over for Allen, Clark got on her bad side. She favored his transfer from the White House to the Interior Department--a push that proved unnecessary, as it happened, when Clark volunteered to go. One disgruntled former Administration official called the trio of Nancy Reagan, Deaver and Baker "Mama and the Gold Dust Twins." But the First Lady does not always get her way. When Clark became Interior Secretary...
Former EPA administrator Anne Burford is appointed to replace William Clark as Secretary of the Interior after Jeanne Kirkpatrick scornfully refused the post. Asked to describe her feelings about the position, Burford labelled her new job a "chickwich...
...Interior Secretary Burford selects the rock group Cheap Trick to play at the annual Fourth of July concert on the Mall. The decision is overruled by First Lady Nancy Reagan who calls for the return of the Beach Boys. Soviet Westernophilc Michael Gorbachev praises the selection of the Beach, Boys, calling the group "my favorite musicians...
Under the auspices of the Interior Department, government workers erect a large nativity scene on the Mall near the Washington Monument. Burford is revealed to have taken several key church leaders to lunch prior to the decision to mount the display...
...called Classic Country Cottage in Reston, Va., is indeed a small (1,500 sq. ft.), compact cottage. Clever manipulation of the two-level interior spaces, however, makes it look and feel much larger. Designed by Woodstock, N.Y., Architect Lester Walker, the house is made entirely of wood, with cedar bevel siding and bright blue trim. This model home was sponsored by the American Wood Council and House Beautiful magazine...