The project has already launched its own iconic design a sleek, armless dining chair, "La chaise Moritz, " created by Mr. Nouvel and his studio, and used throughout the bar area.

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Roosevelt's hard- won belief in the benefits of what we would now call "holistic treatment" governed Warm Springs, and his jaunty spirit was everywhere especially strong, Shreve recalls, in the dining hall, where a chair at the head table was always left vacant.

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Yesterday afternoon in the historic State Dining Room, First Lady Michelle Obama, honorary chair of the President's Committee on Arts and Humanities, presented 15 programs from around the world with the Coming Up Taller Award.

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