Word: porticoed
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...improve the Republic's general taste, "introducing into the State an example of architecture, in the classic style of antiquity." He used it (working from drawings) as the basis of the new Virginia state capitol in Richmond (1785-92). He visited Nimes in 1787 and contemplated its walls and portico, "gazing whole hours . . . like a lover at his mistress...
...Florida, where some polls show Republican Paula Hawkins, also first elected in 1980, trailing Democratic Governor Bob Graham by 10 to 13 points. The President has already visited the state on her behalf once, and one of Hawkins' campaign commercials shows her conferring with Reagan on the White House portico. Hawkins has played up the "character issue" in her campaign, even trying to gain political capital from painful back surgery last spring that forced her to wear a neck brace. In one of her TV spots, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole extols Hawkins' courage: "It will take more than...
Aquino did her best to persuade President Reagan that if the economic wreckage that she inherited from former President Ferdinand Marcos, including a $26 billion foreign debt, is to be repaired, U.S. aid levels will have to rise. After their meetings, the two Presidents emerged on the White House portico for a press conference and a ceremony at which Treasury Secretary James Baker signed over to the Philippines $100 million in economic aid and $50 million in military assistance. In addition, the U.S. donated $20 million in medical supplies. All but the $20 million, however, was part...
Jefferson Davis stood on the west portico to take his oath as President of the Confederacy in 1861. George Wallace stood on the same spot 100 years later, took his first oath as Governor and promised, "Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! And segregation forever!" From where Wallace stood, one can look across the way and see Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, the civil rights headquarters in the days of the bus boycott that began the long American journey...
...Colorado blue spruce blinked on at precisely 5:52 last Thursday evening, revealing a dazzling pattern of poinsettias that sparkled cheerfully against the capital's skyline. A large screen showed Ronald and Nancy Reagan presiding over the annual lighting ceremony of the national Christmas tree from the South Portico of the White House, 500 yards away. The President did what the heads of many U.S. families do at Christmas observances: reflect on the meaning of the celebration, offer hope for the less fortunate and remember those who must spend this most personal of holidays away from home. "For many...