Word: plazas
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...imposing, almost muscular pyramid squats in the middle of a vast flat white-stone plaza which stretches for blocks in every direction from it, broken only occasionally by gardens. Each of its four sides is walled in white stone, roofed with the same purple tile. Massive gates of white pillars and purple roofing allow access to the memorial from any side...
...Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, Reagan mingled with old California backers and show-biz friends such as Jimmy Stewart and Charlton Heston, and got a surprising phone call from Ted Kennedy, offering his cooperation...
Observed U.S. Team Manager Fer dinand Metz, a veteran of Manhattan's Plaza Hotel and the late lamented Le Pavilion, and now an executive of the HJ. Heinz Co.: "We are all here to advance the art if possible, to learn from one another, to pick up a trick or two that may save us a little money or reduce wastage in a business where economics gets more important every day. And to win a few medals, of course." Like U.S. winemakers in international competition, the team showed that North American cuisine, drawing on a bounty of natural resources...
...lost time by scoring a remarkable coup: a three-way interview with former President Gerald Ford at the anchor desk with him in New York and President-elect Reagan in Los Angeles. Earlier, Ford had tried unsuccessfully to phone Reagan. So as the President-elect left the Century Plaza Hotel after claiming victory, CBS Correspondent Bill Plante persuaded him to hold a network headset to his ear and trade long-distance pleasantries with Cronkite and Ford. Said Ford: "You'll make a fine President." Responded Reagan: "This victory is certainly yours to share...
...same cavernous Park Plaza ballroom where Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) had celebrated his primary victory exactly eight months earlier, a projection of a Carter victory brought little notice and only a few handclaps from the sparse gathering...