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...life to the new city simply by taking up residence in the house. And though the President's House still stood mostly silent and dark, the new society's reason for being was now in its midst. On the second night he was there, Adams wrote his wife Abigail, who was back in Quincy, Mass.: "I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." Nearly 150 years later, Franklin Roosevelt had those words carved into the mantel...
...Yellow Oval Room and the adjoining room on the second floor may have spawned the most intimate and exotic stories. Adams gave that first public reception in that Oval Room, and it became Andrew Jackson's family parlor. First Lady Abigail Fillmore moved in her piano and her daughter's harp. When Congress anted up $2,000 for books, she established the first White House Library...
...that woman was Abigail C. Beutler who married soon after receiving her degree...
...world is becoming a smaller place in which to live, and we must keep our minds open to change while maintaining our heritage and culture. Globalization will eventually come, and there's no way to stop it. We have to prepare ourselves now or be left behind. MARY ABIGAIL C. TANBONLIONG Pasig City, the Philippines...
...Whenever I've heard her talk about anything, she's so passionate about it. You leave feeling like you could do anything with your program," says Abigail A. Donaldson '00, coordinator of the adolescent resource center...