Word: rotundas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...which was that there was no news about takeoffs in Tehran. He called him away from coffee with the Reagans in the Blue Room, rang him as Carter and Reagan rode together to the Capitol in the black presidential limousine, reached him again at a phone in the Capitol Rotunda. During Reagan's Inaugural speech, Carter briefly closed his red-rimmed eyes, a moment caught by television cameras. He had been praying for the hostages, he later told aides, who had wondered if he had fallen asleep...
Meanwhile, in the quiet seclusion of the Union rotunda, four freshmen spoke in conspiratorial tones of their plans for the evening. "We've decided that the philosophy Yale represents is a threat to the free world," said one, who asked not to be identified. "And so we're driving down to Yale tonight to cover the campus with giant H's," he added...
Standing amid the throng of food-and booze-hungry journalists and local leaders who packed the rotunda of city hall for a "free lunch," Mayor Voinovich was flushed with pride and heavy food...