Word: respectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hughes vividly remembers the shock of seeing his first great building. Says he: "I had been taught to respect only the austere International Style of architects like Le Corbusier, and I should have considered the Paris Opéra to be inflated and vulgar. Instead, as I walked into that gilded whale, I felt like Jonah being swallowed by the great fish. The Opéra is a stately, generous building that makes you feel that you are the one to whom the structure is directed...
...toward the front of the building is the Harvard Stand-Up Bar, which in the afterwork crush resembles the Union more than Harvard Hall. The U-shaped bar is made of cork and seems similar to most any spot where well-heeled New Yorkers gather, except in one important respect. No money changes hands at the bar, nor anywhere else in the club. In fitting with the club's extreme gentility, all services must be charged and paid for later. Given the milieu, it comes as a surprise that the convivial Harvard Stand-Up Bar was the scene...
...relations with China. The public reaction to Carter's decisions is still uneven, but it is commonly believed around the capital that his decisiveness and the smooth execution of his plans have shored up his leadership, and that his new strength will soon be reflected in more public respect for the President...
...cannot find flattery enough for Penn State and Coach Joe Paterno. "Joe is much more knowledgeable than I am, a well-educated person and a very fine gentleman. Penn State has a real sound football team, and they don't make mistakes. I have a great deal of respect for Joe and his team. Me, I'm just a rural old guy who's been around a long time and is not all that bright, to be honest about it." A gleam, a smile, a rumble, and the wily old Bear adds...
...Pope John Paul I? Our smiling September Pope who captured the love and respect of the world in such a short time...