Word: scrubdown
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...asking France to help save its temples on the Nile." Malraux having spoken, the Obelisk in the center of the Place de la Concorde (supposedly not cleaned since Ramses II had it inscribed in Luxor to the glory of Amon) is sporting a gantry of scaffolding, and the scrubdown has begun...
Beaming Dome. Focal point of all the bustle, and of the inauguration itself, is Capitol Hill. Chandeliers were being polished. The old Senate Office Building gleamed after a scrubdown. The $10 million whim of House Speaker Sam Rayburn -the two-year job of moving the Capitol's east front 32½ feet forward-was a gleaming reality (although the new inte rior space will be useless until another $3,000,000 is sunk in remodeling). The outdoor platform where Kennedy will take the oath of office was in readiness, facing a jungle gym of stands for the press (more...