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When he came back to headquarters last week, his walls had a fresh, subtle ivory tint, there were new white sofas around the fireplace, and Franklin Roosevelt's six cane-backed chairs had been re-covered in rust-colored leather. Ronald Reagan entered Phase 2 of his presidency in style...
...pressing to remake the nation in their own image. Helms' America would be a land where certain stern Christian principles prevail and free enterprise is enshrined, where abortion is outlawed, classrooms ring with the sound of children at prayer and Darwin is just a theorist, where school buses rust quietly in their garages, and sex and violence are banished from television screens and library shelves, where men are men and women know their place, which is in the home.* As America rides the cusp of a Reagan-inspired reversion to basics, that vision seems nearer than it has been...
...Cabinet Room that day, his advisers "did not do all we could have done to help." The press conference was only the third of his presidency-there were nine in the first five months for President Carter and 37 for Franklin D. Roosevelt-so "there probably was a little rust out there...
...just to remove some rust and graffiti? No restoration campaign is ever that simple. It will cost $12,000 to clean-the Saint-Gaudens bronze and to provide a new sword, plus a few extra swords in anticipation of future vandalism. About $21,000 is needed to repair the chipped and cracked masonry. It will take $22,000 more to engrave the names of the black soldiers who died-only the white officers are now named. There are various other items, including $15,000 to restore the memorial's fountain and $50,000 for a permanent endowment...
...pants: quilted, pleated, tucked and cuffed bermudas, knee-length culottes with upward-curving hems, knickers and quilted pantskirts. They are worn in daytime with silk or satin blouses, strictly tailored jackets, capes and large T-shaped wool ponchos. Many of Armani's favorite colors-shades of beige, brown, rust, taupe, gray, black, traces of cobalt blue-are subtly combined in a single ensemble. Favorite materials for pants and jackets are houndstooth checks, herringbone tweeds, velvet, flannel and, for evening, stiff satin. At night the baroque steps out: long silk crepe dresses, many strapless; spangled black tunics with full sleeves...