Word: lawns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...good will marred by some harsh pre-signing words last week (see WORLD). Said one Carter aide: "We need a cease-fire on rhetoric right now." The actual signing would be in the early afternoon before 1,500 guests, including the entire Congress, who would assemble on the front lawn of the Executive Mansion. The evening was to include an ecumenical religious service at the Lincoln Memorial and a lavish state dinner on the South Lawn of the White House. On Tuesday, Sadat and Begin were scheduled to address members of the two chambers of Congress...
...peace treaty, the White House was planning to give the largest state dinner in its history. Some 1,300 guests were to enjoy a variety of wines and a roast beef entrée as they sat under red-and-yellow-striped tents pitched on the south lawn. A staff of 260 cooks and waiters was assembled to serve the 130 round tables, covered with yellow, green and white cloths, and decorated with hurricane lamps and forsythia branches. The diners, including congressional leaders, prominent Americans of both Jewish and Arab ancestry, and members of the press corps, were...
Bernard K. Keohan, B&G superintendent of grounds, said the department hopes to reduce wear on the lawn while it is most vulnerable and to increase drainage from the lawn...
...department may resod some of the dead and damaged spots on the lawn, but will do no such patchwork until the ground is more workable, Keohan said...
...South House Committee voted last week to send a letter to B&G asking that fences again be placed around the lawn, committee chairman Marc J. Sobil '80 said yesterday...