Word: plazas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ecuador's Galo Plaza, U.N. mediator for Cyprus, once described himself as a pathological optimist. He was employing no such label last week, as he presented the results of a yearlong study of the labyrinthine Cyprus problem...
...expected, Plaza's plan pleased no one. He ruled out enosis (union with Greece), which is what many Greeks and Greek Cypriots want, as well as federalism or partition of the island, which is what Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots want. In effect, Plaza said that the U.N. as mediator could do nothing further until the two communities on Cyprus sat down face to face to discuss establishment of a government in which all would have equal rights without regard to racial origin...
...idea of direct talks because of the predominant Greek position on the island; they are well aware that their top negotiator, Vice President Fazil Kuchuk, is no match for the wily Greek Cypriot leader, Archbishop Makarios, President of Cyprus. In Ankara, the Turkish government railed at the report, accused Plaza of being pro-Greek and denounced him for going beyond the "boundaries of his duty." Instead of solving one problem, complained a Turkish official, Plaza had created a new one. But U.N. Secretary-General U Thant defended Plaza's report as perfectly proper...
...pioneer of such buildings was Manhattan's United Nations Plaza, a twin-tower 38-story building, which should be complete some time this summer. The first six floors are office space, the rest luxury cooperative apartments ranging from $25,900 for 3½ rooms to $166,000 for a nine-room duplex. Apartment owners are given options on small offices within the building, plus an exclusive key that will open the door between the segregated office and apartment lobbies...
...delights indoors. The plaza already boasts sculptures by Henry Moore, Renoir, and a welded stainless steel abstraction by Germany's Norbert Kricke. Astraddle one reflecting pool is a trio of Alexander Calder stabile-mobiles, whose balancing paddles are propelled sporadically by water jets. The U.S. sculptor's metal bathers were commissioned by the museum's Art Museum Council, an active volunteer group of 200 ladies. They are kiddingly called "the Culturettes." In tribute, Calder topped his work with two waving black disks, like Mickey Mouse ears, and titled it Hello Girls...