Word: wood
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...elevators were too slow, and cooking fumes from an adjoining galley were overpowering), a 20-room complex of classrooms and labs on the third floor had been remodeled. Under Lady Bird's direction, Lyndon's bedsitting room had been decked out with wood paneling, pale green curtains and carpeting. His favorite rocking chair was there, with color photos of his family, autographed pictures of his five predecessors in office, and four paintings of the Southwest. Near the President's bed were a battery of phones, including a direct line to the White House, and a three-screen...
...Keilholz decides plush interior is absorbing too much sound. Hall's deep-pile gold carpeting is rolled up and replaced with black vinyl. All 1,384 thick-cushioned seats on main floor are removed and replaced with 1,502 skinnier wood-back models. Rivulet-shaped panels are tacked on side walls to reflect flow of sound from stage. Hall looks like it was just given permanent wave. Total cost: $470,000. Acoustically, critics happier. Musicians too. Sound is livelier. Bass and high strengthened, echoes reduced. But visually, verdict is negative. Hall looks completely different. Blue walls now recreation-room...
...curriculum; examinations were toughened; appointments to the Faculty emphasized academic experience; and students were selected on the basis of their preparation. The climax of Eliot's efforts came in 1906 with the School's move to its present location in six imposing (but cheerless) buildings off Long-wood Avenue near the Fenway. The citation that went with Eliot's honorary M.D. of 1909 read, "You found the Medical School brick and left it marble...
...under his helmet and do his job." With an $84-a-week road allowance and more party invitations than they can shake a dirk at, the troops find that the helmets fit tightly at times. "We have reports of dancing and some roistering," says Brigadier MacLean, but "touch wood," there have been no complaints about the men's behavior to date...
...many possibilities for the general public that a New York City adman, George E. Porcell, 25, has put together an 80-page catalogue of merchandise, already has orders for 8,000 copies at $2 each. For art collectors, the Spanish pavilion has listed a 47-inch, 16th century painted wood sculpture of the Virgin for $11,590, and the Philippine pavilion is offering to the highest bidder twelve hand-carved acacia-wood panels that depict Philippine history and took 30 workmen more than a year to make. The Philippines also want to dispose of a 70-ft.-high Oriental-style...