Word: lawns
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...Bundy was recognized as one of the genuinely important officials in the foreign-policy field. When Lyndon Johnson returned from Dallas on Nov. 22, he invited three men from the crowd that met him at Andrews Air Force Base to join him in the helicopter flight to the south lawn of the White House-McNamara, Under Secretary of State George Ball (Rusk was out of the country) and Bundy...
Outside, amid the purple petunias in the new Jacqueline Kennedy Garden was sculpture, including Oronzio Maldarelli's simple bronze nude, Branca II; down on the south lawn was Jason Seley's Masculine Presence, constructed from motorcar bumpers...
Other Castellamare residents argue that the soil was gradually loosened by moisture leaching down from hilltop lawn sprinklers. In any case, homeowners in Pacific Palisades and other "view" areas last week bombarded city officials with demands that all hillside construction be halted immediately. And no one was watering the daisies...
Quote from the Consul. Next night, on the White House south lawn, the Johnsons greeted about 800 top-ranking military officers and Defense Department officials and their wives. In a jovial mood, the President ambled over to the bandstand, hoisted himself over a railing to shake hands with each band member. Cried an Army general in the audience afterward: "I thought you were going to play all the instruments. Mr. President." Replied Johnson: "I can play 'em all. I'm a switch hitter...
Ruffles and flourishes started the visit on the White House South Lawn. "Enemies of peace and foes of freedom still move in the world," Johnson told his short, slim visitor by way of greeting. "But their chance to prevail is a much lesser chance now because of the response that was made in Korea by those United Nations which showed a decent respect for the values-as well as the opinions-of all mankind. We welcome this strength that your land offers now to the defense of freedom, not only in Korea but in Viet Nam as well...