Word: spaciousness
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...that they lost sight of marketing realities. To take only one example, Riverton, ten miles from Rochester, N.Y., built town houses in tight clusters surrounded by open space. But would-be home buyers in the area were not impressed by this good planning precept; they wanted separate houses with spacious yards. Says Otto Stolz, director of the new-communities program of the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department: "Only a limited number of people want to be guinea pigs...
First Night. All of this is good, but no more so than the peace of empty days after a lifetime full of crowded ones. Indeed, the most touching sequence in the film is Clara's first night in the hospital. She wonderingly explores her spacious, airy room, sits down to savor a simple attractive meal in solitude, tucks herself between crisp sheets with nothing but a book for company. The contrast between this thought-provoking silence and the numbing intrusions on her spirit that we have witnessed in the film's opening sections could not be more vividly...
...lucky, the new soldier is assigned to a facility that looks more like a garden apartment complex than a military barracks. Completely air-conditioned, the buildings are equipped with color television, single beds, spacious lockers and individual toilet facilities that old Sad Sack, the perennial latrine orderly, would not believe. So far, only one of these super-barracks has been constructed at Fort Jackson, but three others are being built or are scheduled for erection, enough to handle half of the 4,000 male recruits that stream through the gates every month...
...relaxing. The green hills and low misty clouds brushing the mountain tops produced a calm effect. Small square houses lay set back from the edge of the street. A few had thatched roofs. They were all bright and clean. We waved at the children who played in the spacious yards. Though simply dressed in tee-shirts and shorts, the kids were all very neat. With bright smiles, some returned our greetings, while others gave us curious glances. The droning sound of our bus contrasted with the intermittent chatter of our questions as we flooded our Cuban hosts with inquiries...
...King had just returned from evening prayers when he received me in the audience hall. He sat in an armchair centered against the wall at one end of the spacious room. Other armchairs lined the sides of the room, which was decorated with blue and white pilasters, crystal chandeliers and wall-to-wall beige carpet. Other men sat along the walls, and occasionally one would get up silently to hand the King a folded letter or speak quietly to him. Meanwhile, a servant served bitter Bedouin coffee in handleless cups...