At the White House, employees ran out of the executive mansion as police cleared it.

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His opponents hope he keeps his word and gives them a chance at the executive mansion.

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The leader of the coup, Master Sergeant Samuel Doe, summoned Mrs Johnson Sirleaf to the executive mansion.

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When Eleanor Roosevelt arrived at the Executive Mansion in 1933, she found the kitchen far below her standards.

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"The butlers and ushers of the Executive Mansion are held over because they are civil-service workers, " Downs said.

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The June 15 ceremony, on the elder Mr. Cuomo's 81st birthday, will include an Executive Mansion reception, an opportunity for the governor to invite many members of his father's administration.

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