Word: sanctum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bored with all the speeches and processions, drop around to Lamont Library for a refreshing and controversial change. There, amid the tomes of the all-male sanctum, you can view three exhibits: "A $300 million Federal Project Brings Death to the Everglades National Park." "Ladies and Liquor Cause the Demise of the Giant Redwood Trees," and "Folly Floods Grand Canyon." Come early and avoid the rush...
...once stood proud, its shelves held high, a bookish inner sanctum...
...never stopped looking at New York through hillbilly eyes," says Tom Wolfe, one plump pinkie gracefully arched as he fastidiously sips beer in the CRIMSON sanctum. "My grandfather fought in the Civil War for God's sake... Yes." Virginia born, he doesn't look much like a redneck in the custom made three-piece herringbone suit, in the custom-made white on white silk shirt with little diamonds, in the silk foulard and tie or side buckle shoes. Even less so when dressed for the street, another silk foulard peeping jauntily out of the breast pocket of his Chesterfield...
...explained DiLorenzo, who works behind a buzzer-opening locked door in a semicircular sanctum on the 64th floor of the Chrysler Building. He adds: "We like fast action-some days, if we're dealing with pros, five deals in one day. Knowing the product is what's important. Some people say I have an uncanny mind for next year's values...
Pushing himself at an innard-grinding pace, Kendall tells his aides that "if you work twelve hours a day, you finally get to be boss so you can put in 16 to 18 hours a day." The boss puts in his time in a Park Avenue sanctum that is littered with papers and empty Pepsi bottles. On a golden telephone, he often contacts Pepsi's 525 U.S. bottlers, all of whom he knows by their first names. If the Frito-Lay deal goes through, Kendall will be making many overseas calls. While Pepsi is sold in 107 foreign countries...