Word: mained
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...notice appears on every table in the main cocktail lounge of the Harvard Club of New York: "The transaction of business requiring a conspicuous display of papers and documents is not in keeping with the purpose for which the Club's public rooms are maintained...
Straight back from the entrance is the Grill Room, the main cocktail lounge. Rich wood paneling surrounds a room filled with leather chairs, backgammon sets and muted conversation. Brooks Brothers and J. Press (both stores are about a block away) seemed to have clothed every patron of this dignified enclave...
...huge bay windows provide dramatic illumination to the hall, which is used for speeches, receptions and large dinners. Harvard Hall is the unmistakable work of late-19th century architect Stanford White, who also designed the Freshman Union. The hall is remarkably similar in style and scale to the main dining hall of the Union, but in atmosphere the two couldn't be more different. An immense elephant head watches over the dour solemnity of Harvard Hall, silently observing a room where time seems to have stood still around the turn of the century...
...September, contracts between the 650,000 members of the United Auto Workers and Detroit's Big Three expire. During the past two decades, the union has struck one or another of the companies each time around; early speculation is that this year its prime target will be GM. Main demands will be for inflation protection and a shorter work week, but the liberal union's stance could harden if Carter moves to cut social spending...
...Mouse. A Gallic mystery in which the detective falls in love with the main suspect. Director Claude Lelouch demonstrates his customary flair for textures (of meals, French countryside, character) in one of the year's few adult entertainments...