Word: sanctum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Throughout the amazing interior is a collection of museum pieces and antiques--the result of an unfortunate habit of 'Poon alumni of storing their attic overflows in the Sanctum. A fine suit of medieval Japanese armor stands at the south window of the Great Hall, and has occasionally been donned by the President during police raids. The window itself contains pieces of 14th century stained glass from the Church of St. Augustine at Canterbury, England...
...chandelier is 16th century Spanish wrought iron, like the crane supporting the lantern over the front door. Seven thousand Delft tiles bearing pictures of windmills and Dutch barmaids completely cover the walls of the Sanctum Lobby. No two of these are alike, the Poonsters are told. Not all of the relics are imported, however...
Company Easy, small but select, finds itself deep in the heart of Harvard. Coming into this sanctum of erudition from culturally sterile waste lands ranging from Chicago to the South Pacific was quite a shock...
...officers of the Fly were rather unhappy about it, but taxes is taxes, and Navy wives wouldn't have gone for the atmosphere. Now the traffic accident as Bow and Mt. Auburn, familiarly known as the Poon, will bask in sunlight, and the view from the Sanctum will be brightened by a "pleasant garden spot, surrounded by a hedge," 50 is still exclusive...
Some people seem to think TIME'S treatment and interpretation of various stories in the news is thought out and ordered in the sanctum of some Editorialissimo (see left and take your pick), that thereupon all vice presidents, managing and senior editors and other executives snap into line, and that teams of writers and researchers then proceed-with a precision that would make the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes look like an awkward squad-to produce that exact story down to the last semicolon. In short, put idea in slot, pull lever and zing-next thing you know...