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...That night the Rockefellers became Ford's first overnight guests in the White House. Mrs. Ford offered them a choice of two bedrooms-the Lincoln bedroom and the Queen's bedroom, where visiting royalty have stayed. The Rockefellers chose the century-old, 8-ft.-long rosewood bed in the Lincoln Room...
...fiberglass. The entire vehicle is painted in various shades of pink, except the purple exhaust columns that run along the sides, and the rear of the car that is painted a pubic hair black. The plush interior of the car is upholstered in tufted black naugahyde and has a rosewood dashboard and paneling...
...Alvarez is helping him relocate there. President Figueres says that Vesco is still welcome to Costa Rica. At IOS's complex of buildings at Ferney-Voltaire in France, just across the border from Geneva, functionaries are preparing for relocation. They are selling everything movable, including bosses' rosewood desks and even toilet seats. Rumors are that the move will be either to Madrid or-no surprise-Costa Rica...
...leather-paneled library, with its rosewood reading tables, has disappeared; in its place is a casino with gaming tables and one-armed bandits. The lounge area above the ballroom has become a shopping arcade. The best-located bar, which offered an intoxicating view over the ship's bow, has been turned into a kitchen. The forward observation platform, as well as the children's pool and play area and half the sheltered sports deck, have been taken over by 44 new prefabricated cabins...
...furniture as in architecture, the 19th century's fanciful adaptations of traditional styles often masked new concepts in design and construction. The sinuous curves and scrolls and extravagant ornamental carving of J.H. Belter's rosewood chairs and tables were based -however remotely-on 18th century French rococo precedents. But the S-shaped Tête-à-tête chair that seats two people facing one another was a strictly Victorian innovation...