Word: lawns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that time the Governors were using the White House lawn to denounce the Ford plan before the television cameras. Again it was hard talk, but it was civilized, the kind of ritual on which good government thrives. Ford's ubiquitous staff members reported back to him what was happening out front. Rather than hide in his sanctum, the President decided to go out on the lawn and rebut the critics. Instantly, he had a driveway press conference going. "We've diddled and dawdled long enough," he said, clasping his hands behind his back. "We have to have...
...Christmas-morning quiet on Pennsylvania Avenue was sundered by a clatter of metal. Out on the White House lawn was an unexpected and most unwelcome package: a 1975 Chevrolet had crashed through a wrought-iron gate at the northwest corner of the grounds and screeched to a halt a few feet from the mansion's north portico...
...incident underscored once again the vulnerability of the White House. Last winter a disgruntled Army private commandeered a military helicopter and buzzed the presidential mansion, then landed on the lawn before surrendering. George Cosper, a Secret Service spokesman, said that "new technical devices were installed as a result of that incident." Now, Cosper acknowledged, "something stronger at that gate would, of course, have to be considered...
...major address from the front lawn of his estate, President Bok acknowledges the "current economic crisis," but promises that "Harvard and Harvard men" will pull through. "If you went to Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., then you might have to worry about a job," Bok says, "but here at Harvard you have nothing to worry about." Bok also announces the auctioning-off of half the glass flowers, to the government of Saudi Arabia. "We need the money," he says, "and they want to make the desert bloom...
Having a Baby. Allen then holds mock weddings complete with flowers, plastic wedding rings, organ music and receptions. Most of the weddings are in the classroom, but last spring one couple decided to get married under the cherry trees on the school's front lawn. Some 300 students attended the ceremony...