Word: lawns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...White House basement. But a Remington bronze of a cowboy and the paintings on the curved walls are from the defunct presidency of Jimmy Carter. The huge grandfather clock installed by President Ford still thumps out its relentless rhythm. Beyond the tall windows, the sun slants across the South Lawn, where Thomas Jefferson had mounds graded to add visual interest. Fresh-cut flowers burst from a vase on the coffee table and a mug of jelly beans sits near a lamp...
With its usual technical finesse, television effectively covered the ceremony on the White House Lawn, letting a moving ceremony speak for itself. But at other times, kept at arm's length from the hostages, forced to show crowds cheering rows of passing buses in which few of the hostages could be glimpsed, television seemed desperately to be injecting avowals of anchormanly emotion into scenes lacking emotion on the screen. Journalism as theater, which TV news is, was having its problems. But after those first sequestered days, the hostages had plenty of chance to tell of their experiences...
...shining--seems to reflect off everything, creating a glaring, ultra-gloss sheen on car fenders, carefully-groomed, Brillcreamed coiffures, and the flourescent polyester suits of the cheery citizenry. Here, America's real ordinary people great each other with advertising slogans: "Hi, you should try this new fertilizer on your lawn, it's terrific!" "How are you? Have you ever seen our boat shine like this? It's new Boatsheen!"; "Hey, Pat, how about a delicious weiner...
...steward moved in to clear the table. A telephone call came for the President. He took it by the window, turning the chair around so that he could gaze out on the lawn as he listened. His caring for the White House was palpable. The ambitious, driven man clearly regretted leaving the place. And his regret somehow gave credence to an astonishing conversation that he had with one of his senior aides shortly after the election. The President asked if it were possible to install a loyalist as head of the Democratic National Committee so that Carter could maintain some...
...story, cement-block building that houses Black & Webster Inc. of Waltham, Mass., nestles in a wooded hollow, unspoiled by the soot of sprawling factories. From his white-marble-top desk, President Peter T. Webster, 41, can watch pheasants dart across the lawn. But the rustic setting is deceptive. Webster and his staff of 83 people, including six engineers and ten highly skilled machinists, turn out such space-age products as orbital riveters and vibratory feeders...