Word: interior
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Righteousness Sake." The reason for Mindszenty's arrest was plain. The Communists wanted to demonstrate that no power remained in Hungary that could stand against them. The demonstration might not prove entirely successful. Two days after Mindszenty's arrest was made public, the Minister of the Interior summoned four of Hungary's Roman Catholic bishops who, jointly with their Primate, had staunchly held out against a government plan designed to make the Catholic clergy virtually employees of the state. The minister told the four holdouts, on pain of imprisonment, to resign. They flatly refused. Nevertheless, the Communist...
...Lamont plan emphasizes ease in reading and accessibility to books. The functional architecture of the building has been coupled with the most recent techniques of lighting and interior design to set a new standard in college libraries...
When it reopens as Copa City late this month, patrons will see a massive, flesh-colored, grand-piano-shaped building, with no openings except eight doors and four "blind" doors for fire escapes. The glittering interior is even more startling. Instead of being supported by columns, the ceilings and walls of the rooms are suspended from overhead trusses. The rooms can be made bigger or smaller, depending on the size of the crowd, simply by ra:sing the walls through slits in the ceiling. Geddes hopefully expects that Copa City, "an entirely new idea in buildings," will start a revolution...
...good part of the interior lighting in the University fall incredibly below minimum standards. Many fixtures are antiquated, some are badly in need of repair. And there is not a single major classroom which even approaches the approved norms...
...group of former guerrillas tore down a steel tube scaffolding. They broke it up, then distributed the bars to demonstrators, who brandished them defiantly. The paraders were excited by their leaders, who made angry speeches against the government and the "murderer," Jules Moch, Socialist Minister of the Interior and head of the police. Among those who listened were many women. One wore a bulky fur coat. Most shivered as the raw mist bit through their worn clothes...