Word: placidia
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Venturi revels in the forms of the gambling casinos. For him the front colonnade of Caesar's Palace becomes like St. Peter's in Rome; the blue and, gold mosaic work like the Early Christian tomb of Galia Placidia; the cypresses in the parking lot like the Villa D'Este; and the statue of David near the entrance, although having slight anatomical exaggerations, like the Palazzo Vecchio in Rome. Venturi's sense of imagination even allows him to see the A&P parking lot in terms of the gardens at Versailles. The parking lines give direction in a vast, expansion...
...Little known is the fact that elephants like beer, will drink it whenever they get a chance. **Whose engagement was announced last week to Mrs. Placidia White Knowlton of Thomasville...
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