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...spirits, mythic and historic connections to the past and other worlds." In one hour-long session in April 1995, Houston led the First Lady through an imaginary conversation with her idol Eleanor Roosevelt. As Hillary and some of her aides gathered around a table in the White House solarium, Houston encouraged Hillary to close her eyes and reveal her difficulties to the illusory Mrs. Roosevelt. Next, under Houston's direction, Mrs. Clinton took up the part of Eleanor herself, telling Hillary how hard it was during her own tenure as First Lady and encouraging Mrs. Clinton to do what...
...Stillman Infirmary did not have enough beds for the crush of students. A dozen beds were set up in the UHS library and 10 were added in the solarium, according to Harvard spokesperson Joe Wrinn. In addition, three cots were set up in a storage area on the third, floor, Wrinn said...
...very walls of the White House, she finally agreed to let select reporters through the door. It was her first news interview in weeks, and her first ever devoted to Whitewater, but this was no charm offensive: she met her guests from TIME not in the customary spots -- the solarium or the family quarters -- but in a combat zone, the Map Room where Franklin Roosevelt plotted troop movements throughout the Second World...
Back at the White House, the Clintons have tried to re-create a down-home atmosphere. The solarium sometimes substitutes for the huge kitchen in Little Rock where most of their entertaining was done. It is where overnight guests gather for breakfast. Arkansas-born actress Mary Steenburgen, who spent the night in the Lincoln Bedroom on her birthday, is the only guest so far to jump into the outdoor pool. When Norman Lear came for dinner, the President wore sneakers and dinner was chicken enchiladas. One night when Arkansas Senator David Pryor was over, he insisted the President...
Back at the White House, the President hollered for Begala to gather "the kids," as Clinton refers to his thirtysomething gaggle of aides, and come up to the solarium for a party. By 11:30 p.m. Mrs. Clinton had said goodnight to Chelsea and joined the group. The carrot cake with cream-cheese frosting was all gone, and cherry pie had magically taken its place, like so much that happens in the White House. The President invited Begala to join him in the screening room for a movie, but in the interest of sleeping and getting packed for the road...