Word: interiorly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...proposes a national caretaker regime approved by both sides-a kind of interim government-until elections can be held. The problem with a coalition or a caretaker regime is the division of key jobs, particularly those responsible for South Viet Nam's internal security, such as the Interior Ministry and the chiefs of police and defense. Whichever side got the key jobs would have a head start in influencing the outcome of any election and eventually ruling the country. Some analysts think that a solution might be found in the creation of an election commission in which the Front...
...with Spain, and when he decided to build himself a château on a tract of land that he owned halfway between Paris and Fontainebleau, he spared no expense. He summoned Louis Le Vau, the leading architect of the day, Charles Le Brun, a painter and interior decorator, and a landscape designer named André Le Nôtre. A special workshop with Flemish artisans was set up nearby at Maincy to execute Le Brun's tapestry designs. The chateau's 105 rooms were furnished with armchairs of Chinese plush and Persian carpets, vermilion and silver vases...
...splitting its stock two for one and increasing its dividend. Its first-half sales of $840 million were up 15.5%, and earnings were up 14% to $70 million. On top of that it has, with Humble Oil, confirmed an oil find on the North Slope of Alaska that Interior Secretary Stewart Udall calls "apparently the largest in the history of the country...
...member of Lady Bird Johnson's committee to beautify the capital, and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall's man on the spot to improve the Mall, Owings also rides herd on the committee to redesign Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the Capitol ? Washington's "grand axis" in Pierre L'Enfant's original scheme. Appointed to the committee by John F. Kennedy in 1962, the architect has moved his bulldozer capabilities into high gear, taking every available scrap of power "on the theory that if I was not supposed to have it, someone would tell me." President Johnson helped...
Instead of buying motorcycles like many American students, Katz and another friend decided to invest in a London taxi which, with its roomy interior and relatively low price, would be ideal for camping. At the end of his trip, he decided to ship the cab home. "As I figured I could either sell it or use it for transportation for the rock band I manage during the winter at Cornell," Katz recalls...