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Talk:Recess (TV series)

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Untitled
Hopped by and found some vandalism, which is why you sometimes have to keep an eye out. Chaos samurai (talk) 04:40, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Vince's Race
Oh, why does Vince have to be described as the black kid, can't he just be the kid good at sports?

If you think this sounds a little racist, I'll have it removed.- B-101 21:15, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * He does seem to be the token black, though.  Sceptr e  ( Talk  ) 12:08, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

It's not in the slightest bit racist. He is black, and it's not saying that being Black is bad. The Haunted Angel 22:49, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Speaking of which ... what's the authority for stating that Ms. Grotke is African-American? While I think she could possibly be bi- or multi-racial, I don't think there were any indicators that she was necessarily African-American. 66.215.75.10 03:04, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Character profiles
That section is a huge mess. I tried to clean up the main character profiles, but I see the teacher and adult section in as much disarry.

VfD
On 1 Mar 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. The result was KEEP. See Votes for deletion/Recess (TV series) for a record of the discussion. Carrp | Talk 20:24, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The computer prickly used was Sal3000 not Hal 9000

Episode Guide
I really do reckon we need an episode guide, i wrote a few of the plot outlines no more than a sentence long, but a episode guide would be better.

voice actors
can some one please put down the names of the actors who do the voices for the main characters

Individual pics of characters
I deleted them when I edited this article, but if anyone still needs them, just put them as a link.
 * Image:TJD.jpg
 * Image:Vince2.jpg
 * Image:Spinelli.jpg
 * Image:Gretchen.jpg
 * Image:Mickey.jpg
 * Image:Gus2.jpg

To voice actors comment above: kind of taken care of... provided link to its IMDB info

EDIT: OK, I take the thing about the images back, as Dvirgueza keeps on reverting to his older edits that includes the pictures of the individual characters. I am getting annoyed that my edits keep on getting reverted to the older edits, and probably so is Muchi... So Dvirgueza, I know you like putting pictures here, but sorry, they just don't really belong here.

edited it a little as the previous wording made it sound like girls didn't wear dresses any more (anyway Gretchen's girly girl dress is a deliberate contrast to Spinelli's tomboy clothes). PMA 16:10, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

This article is in desperate need of some images. TheGreenMartian (talk) 06:16, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Where is Pennsylvania or Illinois mentioned
I noticed that Finster mentions the Arkansas Standard Acheivement test and that in the episode 'Spinelli's Masterpiece' the pale kids zoom down on Arkansas so I added it to the article, when is Pennsylvania mentioned or Illinois.I know that in the episode 'Old Folks Home' one of the old men says he used to play for Birmingham (presumably Birmingham Alabama) but no-one mentions Illinois and I don't believe that it's in Pennsylvania because Prickly says, in the episode 'Recess is Cancelled', 'I'll be on the next plane to Washington D.C.

Third Street get's it's playground balls from Columbus, Ohio, according to the episode 'the Library Kid', and Randall mentions, in the episode 'Stand-Up Randall', a field trip to St.Louis and so I don't think that they would have travelled from either Illinois or Pennsylvania all the way to Missouri for a kid's field trip.

A contradicting fact is that if Recess is in Arkansas or Illinois then how could Cornchip Girl's dad be in the navy if these state's have no coastline.

Guess What?! They let people from all over the country join the Navy now! Isn't that great! So cornchip girl's dad could have been in the navy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.183.68.91 (talk) 20:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Also in 'Spinelli's Masterpiece', the coordinates 80°W 40.4°N are mentioned, which would put it somewhere just south of Pittsburgh, southeast of the Great Lakes. Since that contradicts the animation where the computer zooms down on an area southwest of the Great Lakes, that means Third Street School could as well be located along a geographically unstable paraterranean realm like Springfield, Atlantis and Santa's workshops. -- MrPersonHumanGuy (talk) 13:06, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

It should be abundantly clear that this show takes place in a fictional universe. Does Pennsylvania exist in that universe? Maybe. In that universe, Pennsylvania may be the size of Texas, located in Eastern Europe and populated entirely by talking grasshoppers. If reliable sources tell us that, we can include it in the article. We cannot, however, take details from the show, compare them to the real world and determine things about the show, because that is synthesis.

If the sources say they are in one place, but details seem to say they are somewhere else, the article should say they are where the sources say they are. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 16:36, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

A section for characters with one appearance
On some episodes there have characters have made one appearance like Vince's nerdy brother and that girl who hides in the library. I think that there should be a section for that. Does anyone else think so? Mr. C.C. 18:16, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Note on elements of unoriginality
I feel that Disney's Recess may have drawn too much content from other famous pieces of media, most notably in their rather heavily laid on amount of spoofs. I can see it from their perspective of wanting to make allusions to other famous or important pieces of popular history in order to make their show more entertaining, but in some cases I have found it to be outright unoriginal. A fine example of this is how I was particularly annoyed at their blatant copy of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in that episode where Principal Prickley has the SAL 3000 unit installed. Most of the dialogue was taken straight from the movie with no new nor orginal thought added to the structure or plot outline. At the time when I viewed this episode I knew enough that it would have been a spoof of 2001, but I had not yet seen the movie. When I eventually did though, I had one of the most pivotal sections of the film ruined because I could exactly anticipate what was going to be said in a whole lot of the dialogue. I could not believe how closely they had stuck to the original story, and frankly it appalled me. Many children would not have seen 2001, so this episode would not act as a spoof to them, it would be a stand-alone story in itself. Perhaps Disney should aim to have understandable spoofs for their younger audiences so that their audience may recognise the parallels being drawn, instead of ruining great pieces of work like 2001 for a younger generation. Sometimes Disney's lack of originality really does disappoint me.

 * I don't see why unoriginality is such a big issue. Most tv series reuse the same plots. In my opinion, Recess was a welcomed change from typical mindless childrens cartoons, and was clever with their humor. Mrkurto 00:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

 * And still, its a good story. So the kids dont get the 'spoof' stuff about it, even though it makes it more funny, its still a good story. And like Mrkurto said, who cares really. There arnt much 'origional' cartoon disney shows anyway, so yeah. Phantasmigorical 01:13, 12 January 2007 (UTC)Phantasmigorical

Article focuses too much on episodes...
Where's the info about the show's production? Abby724 04:31, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Trivia
Im going to try to edit a trivia section on the article, if anyone has more to add, go for it because i dont have much info. Phantasmigorical 21:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC)phantasmigorical

 * Articles are not supposed to include "Trivia" sections. It's common to include the information in an appropriate part of the article. This why all Featured and Good status articles refrain from using the section. Additionally, it's customary to cite facts. --  ShadowJester07  ►Talk  22:58, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Spinelli
How do we know that her middle name is Funicello? They never say, "Ashley Funicello Spinelli" in the series. Like we know Gus's name is Gustav Paton Griswald and stuff, but when did they say "Ashley Funicello Spinello?"Happykid536 04:35, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * In the museum episode. Malpass93 (talk) 15:45, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

If I may had; I feel that the name "Funicello" could very well be the MAIDEN name of ‘Spinelli's’ mother, before she got married to the father. user: RubyRedRose22- April/22/2013,10:26 am

Ah, also, 'In one episode, Don't Ask Me, Spinelli demonstrated her usage of Savate, a French Martial Art. Spinelli's mother at one point remarks that Spinelli has a crush on TJ; however, it should be noted that this assertion is never confirmed or even referred to again in the show. Spinelli was voiced by Pamela Segall Adlon. She also has a crush on T.J which is very easy to see in some episdoes.' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.134.25.26 (talk) 05:03, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

DVDs??
I've been trying for some time to locate information on DVD releases of Disney's cartoons. Not the movies, but the series. Recess is one of several cartoons I can't seem to find info on. Darkwing Duck is on DVD now; Rescue Rangers will be soon; Gargoyles has apparently had some trouble relating to low sales. I can't find info on Aladdin or Recess, which are two of my favorite series. Does anyone have info on Disney's plans (or lack of plans) to release these two series on DVD? Kilyle 13:54, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

 * There's a petition but I don't know that anything is happening yet. I know a lot of people who would buy it.71.35.252.65 03:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

The Cancellation article
It says all this stuff about how people started to get uninterested in it, so they canceled it, but it never mentions the amount of people who didn't like the cancellation. It seems to make it seem like nobody liked it anymore and everyone lost interest in it, when that is very wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

Minor Characters
I noticed the 'Other Characters' is a very hit-and-miss section.

It has most of the main characters, but leaves out a very large amount of characters (ex. The Gang's parents).

We should either:

a) Remove the section entierly

OR

b) Drastically expand it to include all the characters listed under the 'Minor Cast' section.

I am going with B.

Here is a list of characters still needed to have a mini-bio created

 * Cornchip Girl
 * Guru Kid
 * Tubby
 * Hank
 * Mr. Kelso
 * Butch
 * Lunchlady
 * Superintendent Skinner
 * Jerome
 * Mayor Fitzhugh
 * Jordan
 * Bus Driver
 * Kurst the Worst
 * Thadeus T. Third V
 * Coach
 * Other Bullies
 * Bonky

Donnyj (talk) 00:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)Donnyj

What is the opening song (march)?
My band was trying to find a march to do for a music festival and someone brought up the march song from Recess. Does anyone know what it is called or where I could find it?68.182.128.133 (talk) 15:03, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

No New Episodes
Theres no new season for recess there is no season 7 8 or 9 and i live in the uk there is no promo on it shouldent it be removed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.159.221.194 (talk) 21:53, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Nationalities
What's with the emphasis on the the nationalities of the characters? How can we know Ms. Finster is Irish-American, or that King Bob is Dutch-American?

Woeisme524 (talk) 02:09, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

I know this is 9 years on but i was wondering the same. 82.17.190.1 (talk) 00:34, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Hogans heroes ref?
I saw the beginning of this once, and is it me, or are they spoofing hogans heroes? And if so, is that noteworthy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.53.45.215 (talk) 04:12, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

The similarities between the opening themes appear to be noteworthy,

as well as the theme of a small group attampting to outwit authority. It seems to be worth noting to me, except that there is no factual evidence unless you can find an article or interview.

24.151.153.90 (talk) 08:56, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

I agree, not just the theme is similar, the RECESS tune seems to be based on the Hoghan's Heroes opening tune. In addition, there have been a number of direct refrences in several episodes. My proposal would be to add a reference to Hogan's Heroes in the Premise paragraph, next to referencing The Great Escape. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.60.189.221 (talk) 07:41, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Merge proposal
I propose to merge Recess: All Growed Down, Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade and Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street into Recess (TV series). I don't think the direct-to-home films have enough notability on their own to warrant their own article, per WP:NFILM and the information would be better served in the main TV series article. Z1720 (talk) 01:48, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

 * Support as per WP:JUSTPLOT. And only the third one even has any sourcing. None of these look to be notable enough for standalone articles. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 18:55, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Support as per WP:JUSTPLOT. Donaldd23 (talk) 14:41, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

'Commodore' Finster
The article currently says that Miss Finster 'was a Navy commodore in the 1950s.' There are a number of problems here. For one thing, as with the claim that the show takes place in Little Rock, Arkansas, which I've also posted about here, it is not substantiated by anything in the show itself: it is merely implied that she used to 'entertain the troops' with the USO or some in-universe equivalent. And unlike the Arkansas claim, whoever put this in didn't put in any citations, so if they have any reason at all for thinking this is true, they are not making an argument for it. Furthermore, the link with 'Navy commodore' leads to the article on commodores in the British navy, rather than the 'Commodore (United States)' article that would be more relevant. Speaking of which, here is the entire section from that article on 'WWII and the Cold War,' the era that the claim is made for:

''During the huge expansion of the U.S. Navy during World War II, the Department of the Navy was concerned that the appointment of more flag officers would create a glut of admirals whenever peacetime was achieved. However, some Navy and Coast Guard captains, although not yet selected for rear admiral (lower half), were holding commands of significantly higher responsibility than they had earlier and this needed to be recognized. The COMINCH of the U.S. Navy and Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral (later Fleet Admiral) Ernest J. King, proposed bringing back the older rank of "commodore" for these officers. President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed, making the suggestion that the title be revived.[9]

''As a result, the one-star officer rank for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard was re-established in April 1943 with the title of "commodore". In actual practice, some officers on admiral's staffs were also promoted to the rank of commodore. By the end of the War in the Pacific in August 1945, there were over 100 commodores in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard. With respect to the U.S. Coast Guard, it should be understood that during World War II, the much-expanded Coast Guard was transferred from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of the Navy and was involved in combat operations in both anti-submarine warfare and amphibious warfare, thousands of miles away from home, and not just in its usual role of defending the coasts of the United States, detaining smugglers, lifesaving, and search and rescue operations.

''After World War II, and with the rapid drawdown in size of both the Navy and the Coast Guard, very few of the wartime commodores were ever promoted to rear admiral. All promotions to commodore ceased in 1947, and nearly all of the commodores who had held the one-star rank had either been promoted to rear admiral or had retired from the Navy by 1950. According to the 1949 edition of the Official Register of Commissioned Officers of the United States Navy, updated to January 1st, 1949, the last two commodores on active duty were Tully Shelley (b. 1892) and Antoine O. Rabideau (b. 1884).[10] Shelley retired in July 1949 and was promoted on retirement to rear admiral retroactive to April 3, 1945.[11] Rabideau apparently died sometime in 1970, and his headstone show him to have held the rank of Rear Admiral.[12] However, as the Cold War evolved, the Navy began to rebound from its immediate post-World War II reductions. This expanding Navy saw growth in several mission areas, and the reintroduction and designation of senior captains in command of units comprising multiple ships (e.g., "flotillas"), multiple aviation squadrons or other similar organizations became increasingly commonplace, leading to increased use of the title of commodore for those senior captains occupying these highly responsible positions.

So in other words, the article is claiming that Miss Finster is a retired flag officer, which is not preposterous, given the often over-the-top nature of the show's humor, but very improbable in the absence evidence, and I'm inclined to wonder if the original poster, perhaps, meant to say something completely different.

As with the Arkansas thing, I'm inclined to just go in and remove it, if nobody has any specific objections or input to offer. King Gus (talk) 00:46, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Little Rock, Arkansas?
King Gus (talk) 20:58, 12 March 2022 (UTC)== Little Rock, Arkansas? ==

Claiming that the show takes place in Arkansas, much less specifically in Little Rock, is a bit odd. At no point in the series is a specific location ever mentioned. There are two notes given. One of them links to a Google Book that, even when it had a given excerpt, said nothing about the show's location, and the other references the episode 'My Fair Gretchen,' with no given context. I assume the note is alluding to the 'Arkansas Standard Achievement Test' mentioned in that episode, but the 'Arkansas Standard Achievement Test' is presumably a riff on the real-life California Achievement Test, which is historically used in schools all over the country. Beyond this, there doesn't seem to be any evidence whatsoever for an Arkansas-based location: at best, this is a fan theory, and certainly does not merit being confidently put forward as a statement of fact. And, under the best of circumstances, any speculation about the show's setting is irrelevant when it's clearly going for a sort of 'Anytown, USA' thing. My inclination is to simply remove the statement (and the link to the 'TV shows set in Arkansas' category) unless someone can come up with more solid evidence. King Gus (talk) 18:59, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

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Magnalia Christi Americana

Magnalia Christi Americana (roughly, The Glorious Works of Christ in America) is a book published in 1702 by the puritan minister Cotton Mather (1663–1728). Its title is in Latin, but its subtitle is in English: The Ecclesiastical History of New England from Its First Planting in 1620, until the Year of Our Lord 1698. It was generally written in English and printed in London "for Thomas Parkhurst, at the Bible and Three Crowns, Cheapside."

Contents
It consists of seven "books" collected into two volumes, and it details the religious development of Massachusetts, and other nearby colonies in New England from 1620 to 1698. Notable parts of the book include Mather's descriptions of the Salem witch trials, in which he criticizes some of the methods of the court and attempts to distance himself from the event; his account of the escape of Hannah Duston, one of the best known captivity narratives; his account of the captivity and ransom of Hannah Swarton; his complete "catalogus" of all the students who graduated from Harvard College, the story of the founding of Harvard College itself; and his assertions that Puritan slaveholders should do more to convert their slaves to Christianity.

Publication history
Mather's first edition of the book was published in London in 1702. A second edition - the first published in the United States - was printed in 1820 in Hartford, Connecticut by Silas Andrus and Son, who also produced a third edition in 1855. Robbins reprinted an edition in 1852 and 1967, which is the only complete reprinting of the first edition. A 1977 reprint of small selections, with extensive footnotes, was produced for Belknap Press by Kenneth Ballard Murdock.

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Mayflower Hotel

The Mayflower Hotel is a historic hotel in downtown Washington, D.C., located on Connecticut Avenue NW. It is two blocks north of Farragut Square and one block north of the Farragut North Metro station. The hotel is managed by Autograph Collection Hotels, a division of Marriott International.

The Mayflower is the largest luxury hotel in Washington, D.C., the longest continuously operating hotel in the Washington metropolitan area, and a rival of the nearby Willard InterContinental Washington and Hay–Adams Hotels.

The Mayflower has been called the "Grande Dame of Washington" and the "Hotel of Presidents", President Harry S. Truman, a frequent guest of the hotel, called the Mayflower Hotel the city's "Second Best Address" after the White House. It was also a charter member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It ranked a four-star hotel.

Construction, sale, and renaming
The site on which the Mayflower Hotel sits was, after the organization of the District of Columbia in 1792, initially owned by the federal government, which finally sold the property to Nathaniel Carusi for $5,089. Carusi, in tuirn, sold the site to the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary in 1867 for $50,000. The order built the Convent of the Visitation on the site, a structure that occupied the land until the construction of the Mayflower Hotel itself.

The Mayflower Hotel was built by Allan E. Walker, the land developer behind Brookland and other residential neighborhoods of Washington. Initially called the Hotel Walker, it was to have 11 stories, 1,100 rooms, and cost $6.2 million ($0 in dollars). On May 27, 1922, the Walker Hotel Company was organized, with Allan Walker as president. The corporation issued 80,000 shares of preferred stock worth $2 million and 80,000 shares of common stock, and purchased a site on the north half of the block on DeSales Street between 17th Street and Connecticut Avenue. Plans for the hotel, whose cost was now pegged at $6.75 million ($0 in dollars), now included an 11-story, 1,100-room hotel facing Connecticut Avenue, whose first two floors would be common rooms, and an eight-story residential hotel facing 17th Street. Robert F. Beresford of Washington, D.C., and the New York City architectural firm of Warren and Wetmore were appointed the architects, and Beresford said the structure would be built of concrete and brick around a steel frame. Indiana limestone would be used for the facade on the first three floors, with rusticated brick and terra cotta trim on all upper floors. By June 6, however, the cost of the hotel had risen to $8 million ($0 in dollars),  largely due to a sizeable expansion in the size of the ballrooms (the largest of which could now seat 1,600 people), meeting rooms, and other public spaces on the first two floors and first basement level.

Ground for the new hotel was broken in July 1922. Structural engineer F. E. Gillen designed the foundation, and oversaw its construction. As excavation began, workers quickly uncovered the stumps of massive cypress trees, some of the trunks nearly 8 ft in diameter. Geologists estimated the stumps at 100,000 years old. As workers dug deeper, they discovered that an underground branch of Rock Creek ran below the site. This forced the foundation to be dug to bedrock, some 40 ft below ground. The facade along Connecticut Avenue was 153 ft in length, along DeSales Street 455 ft in length, and along 17th Street 140 ft in length. The main promenade running through the center of the hotel was 24 ft wide and 400 ft long, while the lobby was 59 ft wide and 115 ft long. Wainscoting and floors in the public rooms of the hotel were of Botticino marble and featured walnut moldings. A glass dome covered the Palm Court, which as decorated on the interior with ornamental ironwork in the Italianate style.

Excavation of the foundation was completed in late November 1922, several weeks ahead of schedule. Steel for the frame began arriving the week of January 21, 1923, and erection of the building's frame was expected to take 10 weeks. More than 500 men worked on erecting the frame, while 2,000 men erected the facade and interior walls, and worked laying electrical, water, sewer, and gas lines. Longacre Engineering Company of New York was the general contractor. Construction costs continued to rise, however. Although scheduled to open January 1, 1924, the hotel remained unfinished. The Allan E. Walker Investment Company, the largest shareholder in the Hotel Walker Company began running short of funds, slowing construction. Nearing bankruptcy, the Walker Investment sold its interest in the Hotel Walker to C.C. Mitchell & Company, builder of large apartment complexes and hotels in Boston and Detroit. The reported price of the sale was $5.7 million for the $8.5 million hotel. But in fact, costs had risen much higher, and the hotel's final cost was closer to $11 million ($0 in dollars). The new owners changed the name to the Mayflower Hotel in honor of the 300th anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower and the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock.

About the hotel
The Mayflower Hotel opened on February 18, 1925. The hotel sat on 1.5 acre of land, and had roughly 100000 sqft of interior space. Several heating oil furnaces and one of the world's largest air conditioning units kept the hotel at an even 70 F year round. The hotel's promenade, as completed, was 26 ft wide and 300 ft long.

The hotel had 440 guest rooms, each with its own shower bath. Guest suites had a sitting room, dining room, bath, and up to seven bedrooms. The hotel's 500 residential guest apartments each had its own kitchenette, dining room, and drawing room with fireplace. Some had as many as 11 rooms, and up to five baths.

The cruciform lobby had a mezzanine on the north, west, and south sides, and marble-clad piers divided the north and south walls into three bays. A small cocktail lounge was located along the north wall, while the reception desk occupied the south wall. The lobby received light from a coffered skylight. Four great bronze torchères, hand-wrought and trimmed with gold, dominated the lobby (and were claimed by the hotel to be "priceless"). The main lobby entrance on Connecticut Avenue had a stairway that led down to the first below-ground level, where public restrooms, the barber shop, and a shoeshine stand (made of marble) were located. A secondary corridor and steps behind the elevators led to the Presidential Room; another secondary corridor to the east of the front desk led to the Mayflower Coffee Shop. The four elevators to the east of the lobby, joining it to the Promenade, had bronze doors with images of the Mayflower vessel on them.

The Mayflower featured three restaurants. The 66 by Palm Court featured a glass dome supported by iron latticework, numerous palm trees, and a marble fountain and pool with water lilies growing in it. The 50 by Presidential Restaurant was decorated with the seals of the Thirteen Colonies. Both were located on the main floor. The Garden Terrace was located on the first below-ground floor. The Italianate style room featured a coffered ceiling done in copper, a marble fountain, plaster walls in warm pastel tints, alcoves designed to look like arbors, and murals of early Washington, D.C., and nearby Mount Vernon. Two well-known hoteliers managed the restaurants: Jules Venice, the maitre d'hotel, and Sabatini, former chef at Delmonico's.

The hotel's Grand Ballroom featured a stage with proscenium, beneath which was a hidden thrust stage that could be projected out into the ballroom. The Grand Ballroom's main entrance was on 17th Street, where a covered, semi-circular carriageway allowed up to three carriages at a time to unload patrons. The hotel also had several small, private ballrooms for more intimate events. Next to the ballroom on the 17th Street side was the Chinese Room—a sumptuous meeting and banqueting room inspired by The Peacock Room by James McNeill Whistler.

The Mayflower Hotel's interior design was created by E. S. Bullock of Albert Pick & Co. The furnishings, which cost $1.25 million ($0 in dollars), were antique and reproduction pieces in the Sheraton, Louis Quinze, and early Renaissance styles. "Walls, floors, stairs, pilasters and wainscoting in the lobby and the major function rooms [were] clad in a wide array of American and imported marbles, and ceilings and walls throughout the first floor and mezzanine [were] ornamented by finely cast, low-relief plaster decorations, often further embellished with gold leaf." The use of gold gilt to trim decoration was extensive; newspapers said the hotel contained more gold trim than any other building except the Library of Congress. Original artworks, some by quite famous artists, adorned the public spaces. These included four larger-than-life-sized portraits of the first four presidents by painter and muralist Louis Grell of Chicago. Three marble statuary groups were also displayed in the lobby and public areas: La Sirene by Denys Puech; Flora by William Couper; and The Lost Pleiad (also known as Merope Married a Mortal) by Randolph Rogers. Two smaller pieces by Rogers, Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii and Boy and Dog, were also on display.

The Mayflower Hotel offered a wide range of amenities to its guests, including air conditioning in all public rooms (the first time a hotel had used air conditioning on such a large scale) and ice water and fans in all guest rooms. Services included daily maid service, a laundry, a barber shop, a beauty salon, a garage for automobiles, a telephone switchboard, and a small hospital staffed by a doctor.

Construction of the Annex
With the Mayflower Hotel finished but not yet furnished in September 1924, plans were made to enlarge the structure even before it opened. The new owners perceived high demand for guest room suites, and quickly designed a $1 million ($0 in dollars) addition. Construction began in October 1925, and within six weeks the 40 ft deep foundation had been dug. The addition opened on May 31, 1925.

The most prominent features of the Annex were the Presidential Suite and the Vice Presidential Suite. The Presidential Suite occupied the 10th floor, and was decorated in green and gold in the Italianate style. The Vice Presidential Suite occupied the ninth floor, and was decorated in dull and bright yellow in the Louis XVI style. Each suite had 13 rooms, which included a foyer, drawing room, library, secretary's room, dining room, and five bedrooms—each with its own bath and kitchenette. Each suite also had a maid's room, with an attached bath. The furnishings of both suites were copies of museum pieces. The Presidential Suite featured a marquetry table with ormolu fittings; a Louis XVI cabinet with painted panels; Oriental rugs; bronze and marble urns in the Neoclassical style; drapes of silk damask; and underdrapes of silk taffeta. The suite's dining room featured Queen Anne style furniture. The Vice Presidential Suite featured a dining room with furniture in the Sheraton and Hepplewhite styles. Dining room furniture in both suites was manufactured from satin-walnut, and featured painted decorations and marquetry. The bedrooms in both suites featured Louis XVI-, Adam-, and Federal-style furniture made of satinwood, walnut, and mahogany. Each piece was painted, lacquered, or marquetried. Dust-covers for the beds were also of taffeta. Sofas and chairs in each suite were upholstered in imported brocades, while the walls were covered in hand-made tapestries. Each suite had numerous shaded lamps, porcelain and crystal art objects, and gilt mirrors. Original oil and watercolor paintings as well as etchings and engravings—many of them by famous artists—decorated the suites. Each suite's bathroom was completely tiled in white, with silver-plated fixtures for the sink and shower, an engraved glass shower door, and a Swiss shower. The kitchens, too, were tiled in white, and contained an electric stove and oven, a Frigidaire refrigerator, silver tableware, complete porcelain table setting, and fine table linens.

The second through eighth floors of the Annex contained guest suites. Each suite had five bedrooms, and each bedroom had its own bath. The first floor of the Annex was occupied by the Mayflower Coffee Shop, a vastly expanded version of the highly popular but extremely small café located on the ground floor of the existing hotel. The basement of the Annex occupied by a huge laundry, which served the hotel and annex.

Bankruptcy of the 1930s
On March 31, 1928, the Mayflower Hotel's bonds were refinanced by the American Bond & Mortgage Co. (the successor to C.C. Mitchell & Co.).

The Great Depression had a significant impact on the Mayflower Hotel. It lost money (as much as $760,000 over two years), and in 1929 its affairs were placed in the hands of a special committee established by American Bond & Mortgage. The hotel continued to lose money, and on May 22, 1931, holders of the hotel's original bonds secured a ruling that the hotel was bankrupt. American Bond was declared bankrupt the same day. The receivers later alleged that the hotel had lost more than $2 million since it opened, and that American Bond had issued a large amount of bonds with the hotel as security (worsening the hotel's financial status). American Bond won dismissal of the bankruptcy ruling on June 26, A second bankruptcy was declared by the court on July 28, 1931. Fraud charges were later levied against officials of American Bond & Mortgage. American Bond finally admitted the hotel was bankrupt in October 1931.

Holders of the second bonds (issued with the hotel as security), however, feared that they would receive nothing if the Mayflower were foreclosed. They petitioned a court to remove the receivers and to appoint new trustees who would sell the hotel. The court agreed, and the sale began to move forward in 1933. Concerned about the sale, Senators Hamilton Fish Kean and Robert Rice Reynolds began an investigation into the bankruptcy and sale. In 1933, Kean and Reynolds won congressional approval in June 1934 for the Corporate Bankruptcy Act, which allowed the Mayflower Hotel itself to declare bankruptcy and refinance itself. With the receivers having made the hotel profitable once more, the hotel reorganized its finances in a court-approval bankruptcy proceeding on December 20, 1934.

Early in World War II, the skylight in the Palm Court was covered over with a mural painting. The skylight was later flocked with pieces of velvet.

Hilton
In December 1946, Hilton Hotels Corporation purchased the Mayflower Hotel for $2.6 million. Some of the Mayflower's stockholders challenged the sale, arguing the price was too low. A court dismissed the suit in May 1947. Over the next decade, Hilton Hotels spent about $1 million refurbishing the guest rooms and public spaces. Hilton Hotels purchased the Statler Hotels chain in 1954, and as a result owned multiple large hotels in many major cities, as in Washington, where they now owned the Mayflower and the Statler Hotel. Soon after, the federal government filed an antitrust action against Hilton. To resolve the suit, Hilton agreed to sell the Mayflower Hotel, the Roosevelt Hotel in New York and the Hotel Jefferson in St. Louis.

Hotel Corporation of America
Hilton Hotels sold the Mayflower to the Hotel Corporation of America (HCA) on April 1, 1956, for $12.8 million. HCA renovated the Mayflower's old Garden Terrace, renaming it the Rib Room. The hotel's occupancy rates were lower than average, however. In 1963, for example, the Mayflower lost $450,000. HCA privately expressed interest in selling the property.

May-Wash Associates
On October 28, 1965, the locally owned May-Wash Associates offered to buy the Mayflower for $14 million. May-Wash Associates consisted of William Cohen, a local real estate developer and banker who owned 50 percent of the company; Kingdon Gould Jr. and his son, Kingdon Gould III, local real estate developers who owned 35 percent; Ulysses "Blackie" Augur, a local restaurateur who owned 10 percent; and Dominic F. Antonelli, owner of a string of parking lots in the area who owned 1 percent. HCA's board of directors approved the deal on November 11, 1965. HCA continued to manage the hotel for the new owners.

The Mayflower Hotel underwent a $2.5 million refurbishment of its common rooms in 1966 and 1967. The renovation got rid of the Presidential Restaurant and renamed it Le Chatelaine. HCA was renamed Sonesta Hotels in 1970.

May-Wash Associates considered closing the Mayflower Hotel in 1971 after it lost $485,000 the previous year. Lead May-Wash investor William Cohen said that if Congress weakened the restrictions of the Height of Buildings Act of 1910, the company would tear down the Mayflower and erect a 20-story office and retail skyscraper with 500000 sqft of office space and 250000 sqft of retail space. If the Height Act remained in force, Cohen said the hotel's first two floors would be transformed into a shopping mall accommodating 40 to 50 small businesses. But the plan was abandoned later that fall when the Mayflower announced a five-year, $2.5 million renovation that would refurbish the retail stores on the Connecticut Avenue side of the structure. Then on November 1, 1971, May-Wash hired Western International Hotels to manage the property. Western International said it would invest $500,000 immediately to upgrade guest rooms (which included color television sets for the first time). Western International said the previously announced $2.5 million refurbishment would go to additional guest room renovations, and improvements to dining spaces, banqueting facilities, and ballrooms. The Rib Room lost its name (which had been trademarked by HCA, the previous manager), the facade was cleaned, and the air conditioning repaired and upgraded.

Beginning in April 1973, the Mayflower Hotel served as the temporary Embassy of China in Washington, D.C., for a time while their new embassy building at 2300 Connecticut Avenue NW was being renovated following the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China.

With the Mayflower making a profit, May-Wash Associates undertook at $2.5 million general refurbishment of the 800 guest rooms about 1977. The hotel then announced a $25 million overhaul and expansion in January 1979. The main western wing of the hotel, facing Connecticut Avenue, was to have the public rooms on the lower two levels turned into retail space, while the 448 guest rooms above would be gutted and transformed into office space. The eastern wing, in the rear, would remain a hotel. May-Wash hired architect Vlastimil Koubek to design two new floors to add to the top of the eastern wing, bringing it to the same height as the western wing. The resulting hotel would have 407 guest rooms, larger than those before, a mix of newly built rooms and remodeled existing rooms. The hotel also planned to add a health club (with racquetball court, sauna, and swimming pool) and café to the 17th Street side of the hotel. Meeting and private dining room space would be added to the structure; all plumbing and mechanical systems would be upgraded; and central air conditioning would replace the window units now in operation. The hotel sought to permanently narrow De Sales Street NW as part of its renovations.

Western International Hotels, which managed the property, was renamed Westin Hotels & Resorts in January 1981. In October 1981, May-Wash Associates announced that Stouffer Corp., a division of Nestlé, was taking a minority interest in the Mayflower Hotel, and would assume management of the property on December 1, 1981, under a 20-year agreement. Stouffer said the hotel would be its American "flagship", and the hotel was renamed the Stouffer Mayflower Hotel.

While renovation of the eastern tower proceeded, plans for the western tower drastically changed. The Mayflower abandoned its plan to convert the tower into office space, and instead upgraded the hotel rooms in the eastern tower. In some cases, rooms were merged to create luxury suites. The change in renovation plans left the Mayflower with just 727 rooms, but added 18000 sqft of meeting room space and a new restaurant. The hotel still attempted to narrow DeSales Street NW, proposing to use the extra space to build an enclosed outdoor café (something city laws did not permit).

Even as the first renovations were ending, the Mayflower Hotel embarked on another major set of refurbishments and upgrades. This project, which began in 1981 and lasted three years, cost $65 million. The hotel remained open as the project moved forward in phases. In 1981, two floors were finally added to the eastern wing of the structure. The meeting rooms on the hotel's second floor and the Board Room were refurbished, and offices on the mezzanine were removed and the space restored to public use. The following year, 200 suites received major makeovers, including the installation of baths clad in Italian marble. The Presidential Restaurant was divided into two new banqueting halls, the East Room and the State Room, and the Grand Ballroom and the Chinese Room were renovated. The restoration of the lobby and upgrading of the hotel's restaurants occurred in 1983. Artisans and technicians helped to restore the bas-relief plaster moldings and brass fixtures, clean and restore the hotel's many crystal chandeliers, and apply new gold leaf to areas where the gilt had been damaged or removed. The renovations left the hotel with 721 guest rooms (about half rebuilt and restored) and two restaurants.

The renovation uncovered many historic decorative elements which had been covered up over time. The skylight in the Presidential Room (formerly the Palm Court) was uncovered. When renovation of the former Palm Court began, two previously unknown murals by Edward Laning were discovered. The murals were dated by art experts to 1957, when the Palm Court was radically reconfigured into the Le Chatelaine restaurant. The murals, 25 ft long and 14 ft high, depicted Italian formal gardens. They were hidden behind a false wall when the restaurant was turned into meeting room space in early 1978. Discovered in storage were 24 fire-gilded 19th century service platters purchased from the estate of heiress Evalyn Walsh McLean in 1947.

Stouffer, New World and Marriott Hotels
After managing the hotel for ten years, Stouffer bought it outright from May-Wash in 1991 for just over $100 million. In April 1993, Stouffer Hotels was sold by Nestlé to New World Development Company of Hong Kong. Nestlé also gave New World the right to use the Stouffer brand name for 3 years, from 1993 to May 1996. New World already owned the Renaissance Hotels chain, and merged the Stouffer-branded Hotels into it. The Mayflower was renamed the Stouffer Renaissance Mayflower Hotel. In early 1996, the Stouffer branding was retired, and the hotel became the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel. Marriott International bought Renaissance Hotels from New World in February 1997.

Investment groups
Marriott sold The Mayflower to Walton Street Capital in 2005, in a package with seven other Marriott hotels, for a total of $578 million. Walton Street resold the Mayflower to Rockwood Capital in 2007 for $260 million, financed with a $200 million securitized loan.

The hotel, appraised at $285 million in 2008, fell in value to $160 million by 2010. With Rockwood's loan over-leveraged, they refinanced the hotel in 2015, with a $160 million loan from Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. and other lenders. Also in 2015, Rockwood sold off 71 of the hotel's rooms to Marriott for $32 million, for use by the company's Marriott Vacation Club Destinations time-share division.

In May 2015, the hotel switched from Marriott's Renaissance Hotels brand to Marriott's Autograph Collection brand, dropping the word "Renaissance" from its name. The move was prompted by studies which showed that younger travelers were not brand-loyal and instead looked for individuality and uniqueness when shopping for a hotel stay. Marriott also learned that few travelers knew the Mayflower was a Renaissance Hotel, which made the branding superfluous.

A $20 million refurbishment of all rooms and the creation of a club level was completed in August 2015. Each floor of the hotel was given a theme corresponding to a decade, with the second floor devoted to the 1920s, third floor to the 1930s, and so on to the tenth floor. Each room received updated, modern furniture, and the hallways were wallpapered in grey and white with a pattern reminiscent of the lobby mezzanine railing. Each of the hotel's presidential suites also received a complete makeover, and now have a separate office. Rooms on the seventh floor were eliminated to make space for the Marriott Vacation Club Pulse. This left the Mayflower with a total of 581 rooms (512 guest rooms, 67 suites, and two presidential suites). At the completion of the room renovation, the Mayflower announced it would begin a major refurbishment of the hotel's ballrooms and meeting space in late 2016.

In July 2021, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc., having already provided Rockwood financing for the 2015 refinancing, bought out Rockwood's share of the hotel, for $86 million.

Lobby
In the hotel's early years, the lobby skylight was painted over.

The lobby originally featured a small store and cocktail bar in its northwest corner. The main entrance to this space was at the corner where the two diagonal walls of the hotel met at the corner of Connecticut Avenue and DeSales Street. In March 1948, the retail area was taken over by the hotel and expanded into a much larger bar and dining space named the Town and Country Lounge. Over the next four decades, the bar became a favorite of Washington politicians and power-brokers. The Sunday Times of London rated Town and Country as one of the "star bars" of the world (alongside the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California; the mob-constructed lobby bar of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana, Cuba; and Harry's New York Bar in Paris, France).

The lobby mezzanine was closed off to create office space in 1962. The ceiling of the elevator foyer was lowered, which covered up a bas-relief plaster sculpture on the architrave above the east entrance to the elevator foyer and a sunburst medallion on the ceiling of the elevator foyer were both covered over (but not removed). Intricate plaster capitals on the piers in the lobby were also removed at this time. At some point, a door was cut through the curved wall opposite the elevator bank.

The offices were removed from the lobby mezzanine in the 1981–1984 renovation, and the mezzanine restored to its original function. The door in the curved wall opposite the elevators was also sealed.

The Town and Country Lounge was slightly renovated in 2010, with hardwood floors replacing the carpet. The bar's future, however, was not secure. In January 2011, the hotel's lobby, restaurant, bar, and retail spaces underwent a six-month, $5 million renovation (their first since the 1981–1984 refurbishment). The Town and Country Lounge ceased to exist, and the Thomas Pink luxury men's clothing store moved into the space. Thomas Pink had formerly occupied the site of the old Mayflower Coffee Shop on the south side of the lobby. Offices near this space were removed to provide expansion of the space, and a new restaurant to be named EDGAR Bar + Lounge. The lobby itself underwent additional restoration, overseen by the architectural firm of Jonathan Nehmer & Associates, which flipped the lobby orientation.

Presidential Room
The Presidential Room was originally decorated in the Adams style. The floor of the room was white Vermont marble tile. Thin diagonal lines of verd antique ran across the floor. Around the floor was an inner, narrow border of verd antique, with a 3 ft wide border of blue-veined white Pavonazzo marble. Seven square piers, with Doric capitals and gilt festoons, created a narrow colonnade along the north and south walls. A wainscot 4 ft high, made of white Sylacauga marble with a verd antique baseboard, was placed on the walls and around all the piers. An acanthus crown molding topped the room, and gilt plaster moldings in the shape of finials surrounded each window and doorway. Turned wood spindles decorated the northern wall. The crests of the 13 Colonies, in gilt and polychrome, lined the walls as decorative elements. On the south side of the room, there was a "service pavilion" 7 ft wide and one story high. A narrow set of stairs gave access to the top of the service pavilion, which was enclosed by a decorative iron railing. The ceiling of the room was decoration with Adams style bas-relief plaster moldings. The center of the ceiling was a long rectangle stretching nearly the long length of the room, surrounded by gilt plaster wreath moldings. A gilt chandelier with silk shades hung from the center of the room. Shallow, circular domes surrounded by gilt plaster wreath moldings existed at the east and west ends of the room. In the center of each dome was a delicate grating, from which hung two more gilt chandeliers with silk shades.

At some point in time, the stairs leading to the top of the service pavilion were removed. The structure was clad in mirrors separated by narrow pilasters, and most (but not all) of the spindles removed from the north wall.

The old Presidential Room was partitioned in the 1981–1984 renovation, and two ballrooms/meeting rooms—the State Room and the East Room—were created out of the space. A removable metal partition was installed to divide the room as well as the service pavilion. Almost none of the other original decorations of the room have been changed since its 1925 creation, however.

Palm Court
The north wall of the Palm Court originally consisted of structural piers, leaving the room open to the Promenade. Pilasters along the south wall mimicked this look and gave the room an aesthetic symmetry. A bay in the east wall was framed by columns and an arch, and an oriel balcony on the mezzanine level projected into the room. The Palm Court had a floor of American travertine, a maple dance floor, wainscoting of gold-veined St. Genevieve marble, and intricate plaster moldings on entablature and ceiling.

Walls were added between the piers in 1934, and the Palm Court was internally partitioned in 1947. In 1950, arches were constructed between the piers of the north wall and the pilasters of the south wall in an attempt to connect the walls visually. In 1957, the Palm Court was radically renovated. Its Victorian ironwork was removed and a Neoclassical style decorating scheme implemented. Two large murals by painter Edward Laning were added, and framed with nonstructural columns in an attempt to simulate the vista from a verandah. The room's eastern bay was sealed off, and small staging vestibules added to the south wall, leaving the room strongly asymmetrical.

During the 1981–1984 renovation, the east bay was reopened. The old Palm Court was now confusingly renamed the Presidential Room.

The Promenade
The Promenade originally featured pilasters that defined six bays along both its north and south sides. The capital of each pilaster was decorated with the profile of a different mythological hero, and festooned with swag. Each pilaster had a faux pedestal made of verd antique decorated with plaster rosettes and gilt plaster wreaths. The wainscoting was 3 ft high, and of white Alabama marble. A baseboard of verd antique and a gray marble dado rail completed the wainscot, and a gilt plaster acanthus crown molding decorated the ceiling. Arches in the north wall gave access to meeting rooms. The arches leading to the Grand Ballroom, Chinese Room, and the original Presidential Room were topped with sculpted architraves of white Alabama marble, while the other arches were each topped by a gilt plaster crest. Beveled mirrors stood between the pilasters. The ceiling of the Promenade consisted of octagonal coffers alternating with small square coffers. At the center of each square coffer was a gilt plaster rosette. The floor was of white Vermont marble and verd antique marble, with a border of verd antique. Architect Shirley Maxwell has noted that the Mayflower's "block-long long lobby and promenade form what is probably the grandest indoor 'street' in Washington..."

At some point in time, the arches which led to the small meeting rooms along the north wall were filled in with gilt-edged mirrors.

The Grand Ballroom
The Grand Ballroom was the most opulent room in the Mayflower Hotel. As with the Presidential Room, square piers formed colonnades along the north and south walls. Ionic capitals featuring satanic faces topped each pier. A stage with a proscenium arch was located on the west end. Mirrored French Doors formed the Grand Ballroom's east wall. These could be opened to provide access to the Chinese Room beyond. A small curved balcony, reached by narrow stairs in the northeast and southeast corners of the ballroom, projected over the French doors. The wainscoting was of tan St. Genevieve marble. Six doors pierced the north wall and led to the Promenade, with the end doors reached by curving steps. The floor consisted of a wooden floor with a border of marble. Delicate, bas-relief gilt plaster decorations covered the piers, walls, and ceiling.

The Chinese Room
The Chinese Room had a square floorplan. A flight of short steps led to the entrance, which was in the curved, north wall. Large, rectangular piers framed an alcove (which ran nearly the depth of the room) on the east. The hardwood floor featured a baseboard of verd antique, and a crown molding of gilt plaster acanthus leaves surrounds the ceiling. The ceiling of the Chinese Room consists of a dramatic elliptical dome. A gilt plaster molding of wreathes surrounds the dome, while the rest of the ceiling is covered in chinoiserie paintings of animals, people, and trees. A two-tiered crystal chandelier hung from the center of the dome.

At some point in time, the windows in the east wall were filled in, and mirrors inserted in the new, false casements.

The District Ballroom
The Garden Terrace (Originally Named), located on the first below-ground floor, featured Italianate decor, a coffered copper ceiling, a marble fountain, plaster walls in warm pastel tints, alcoves designed to look like arbors, and murals of early Washington, D.C., and nearby Mount Vernon.

The Garden Terrace was radically redecorated in September 1940, and its name changed to the Sapphire Room. Designed by Robert F. Beresford, one of the hotel's original architects, the rear of the room's stage was clad in glowing sapphire-blue glass brick. The overhead arches were clad in aluminum, most of the decoration in the room removed, and the remaining surfaces painted bright blue. Carpet with a brick-like pattern in blue covered the floor.

In about 1950, the Sapphire Room was redecorated in the Colonial Revival style, a popular at the time, and renamed the Williamsburg Room. It was open by at least October 1950. The alcoves were removed and replaced with a raised terrace on the north, east, and south sides of the room. A railing with an oak handrail and turned-wood balusters enclosed the gallery, and a shallow concave stage was added to the west wall. Pilasters, paneled in warm-colored wood, were added to the walls. A wainscot and dado rail of wood covered the lower part of the walls. A highly intricate plaster architrave and broken pediment surmounted the entrances to the terrace.

The Williamsburg Room became the Colonial Room about January 1971.

Mayflower Coffee Shop
The Mayflower Coffee Shop originally occupied a small space south and slightly west of the main desk and front office on the west side of the hotel. This space was quite small, but was vastly expanded in April 1925 with the completion of the Annex. A soda fountain and candy shop occupied the old coffee shop space, while the coffee shop expanded into a much larger space south of the lobby/front desk area. The coffee shop, which also served small meals and box lunches, was decorated with paintings of Colonial America and was intended to look like an old-fashioned coffee house.

In 1956, with the change in hotel management, the front desk was moved to the north side of the lobby (occupying space previously used for phone booths). The soda fountain and candy shop were eliminated, and the restaurant expanded to occupy the space. The restaurant was renamed the Rib Room. When Western International Hotels rook over from HCA, the restaurant lost its name (which was a trademark of HCA). The restaurant was subsequently named The Carvery in July 1972. The Carvery closed in 2004.

Notable events
The Mayflower Hotel hosted the Inaugural Ball of President Calvin Coolidge just two weeks after its opening. It hosted an Inaugural Ball every four years until it hosted its final ball in January 1981. It has not hosted an Inaugural Ball since. President-elect Herbert Hoover established his presidential planning team offices in the hotel in January 1928, and his Vice President, Charles Curtis, lived there in one of the hotel's residential guest rooms during his four years in office. Senator Huey Long also lived at the Mayflower, taking eight suites in the hotel from January 25, 1932, to March 1934. President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt spent March 2 and 3 in Suites 776 and 781 at the Mayflower Hotel before his inauguration on March 4. United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and former Governor of North Carolina Oliver Max Gardner and his wife, Fay Webb-Gardner, lived at the hotel from 1946 to 1947.

Two events of significance during World War II happened at the Mayflower. In June 1942, George John Dasch and seven other spies from Nazi Germany entered the United States after being transported to American shores via a submarine. Their goal, named Operation Pastorius, was to engage in sabotage against key infrastructure. But after encountering a United States Coast Guard patrol moments after landing, Dasch decided the plan was useless. On June 19, 1942, he checked into Room 351 at the Mayflower Hotel and promptly betrayed his comrades. Eighteen months later, a committee of the American Legion met in Room 570 at the Mayflower Hotel from December 15 to 31, 1943, to draft legislation to assist returning military members reintegrate into society. Their proposed legislation, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944—known informally as the G.I. Bill—was put into final draft from by Harry W. Colmery on Mayflower Hotel stationery.

Twice, the Mayflower has been the site where a U.S. presidential campaign was launched, and twice it hosted events which proved to be turning points in a presidential nomination. In March 1931, Franklin D. Roosevelt was vying with Al Smith for the Democratic presidential nomination of 1932. John J. Raskob, chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), opposed Roosevelt's candidacy. Knowing that Roosevelt had privately committed to repealing Prohibition but had not done so publicly (leaving him "damp"), Raskob attempted to force the DNC, then meeting at the Mayflower Hotel, to adopt a "wet" (or repeal) plank in the party platform. Instead of drawing Roosevelt out, the maneuver deeply offended Southern "dry" (anti-repeal) Democrats—who abandoned Smith and threw their support to the allegedly more moderate Roosevelt, and helped him secure the nomination. In 1948, President Harry S. Truman told a cheering audience of Young Democrats of America at a dinner at the Mayflower on May 14 that he intended to seek re-election in 1948. Former Peace Corps and Office of Economic Opportunity director Sargent Shriver announced his run for President of the United States at the Mayflower on September 20, 1975. Shriver withdrew from the race after a very poor showing, but a more successful campaign began there in 2008. Senator Barack Obama had locked down the 2008 Democratic nomination for President on June 3, 2008. Hillary Clinton conceded the nomination to Obama on June 7, and introduced Obama to about 300 of her leading contributors at a meeting at the Mayflower on June 26, 2008.

J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), lunched nearly every day at the Mayflower Hotel's Rib Room with Clyde Tolson, associate director of the FBI, from 1952 until Hoover's death in 1972. Hoover had the same lunch every day: chicken soup followed by a salad of iceberg lettuce, grapefruit, and cottage cheese. Buttered white toast was served on the side. (He brought his own diet salad dressing.) Hoover was so well known at the Rib Room that he sometimes ducked out through the kitchen to avoid reporters.

The front of the Mayflower was where The Washington Post national editor Ben Bagdikian transferred copied portions of the Pentagon Papers, an internal DoD study of the history of the Vietnam War given to him by Daniel Ellsberg, to U.S. Senator Mike Gravel, for reading into the congressional record, at midnight on June 26, 1971.

The Mayflower has been in the news several times in relation to political sex scandals. Judith Exner, who claimed to be President John F. Kennedy mistress, said she stayed in the hotel while in D.C. to secretly meet with the president for sexual trysts. Monica Lewinsky stayed at the Mayflower Hotel when her affair with President Bill Clinton was in the news, and she was extensively interviewed by federal investigators about the scandal in the Presidential Suite. The Mayflower was also the location where Lewinsky was photographed with President Clinton at a campaign event not long before the 1996 election; this photograph later became an iconic component of the media coverage of the scandal. On March 10, 2008, The New York Times reported that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer patronized a high class prostitution service called Emperors Club VIP while staying at the Mayflower on February 13. Spitzer allegedly had sex for over two hours with a $1,000-an-hour call girl in room 871 while registered under the alias George Fox.

Rating
The AAA gave the hotel four diamonds out of five in 1992. The hotel has maintained that rating every year, and received four diamonds again for 2016. Forbes Travel Guide (formerly known as Mobil Guide) declined to give the hotel either five or four stars in 2016, and did not put the hotel on its "recommended" list.

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Ursula Plassnik

Ursula Plassnik (born 23 May 1956) is an Austrian diplomat and politician. She was Foreign Minister of Austria between October 2004 and December 2008. She has served as the Austrian ambassador to Switzerland from 2016 to 2021.

Early life and career
Plassnik is from the Austrian state of Carinthia and grew up in a social democratic family. She was born in Klagenfurt on 23 May 1956. From 1971 to 1972 she was an exchange student at the Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia, United States. She received a law degree from the University of Vienna in 1978 and a postgraduate Certificate of Advanced European Studies (equivalent to a master's degree) from the College of Europe in Bruges, where she studied 1979–1980 (Salvador de Madariaga promotion). Subsequently, she worked in different positions in the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs until 1997. Until that time she was considered to be politically neutral or even social-democratic.

On 1 July 1997 she was chosen by Wolfgang Schüssel, who was Austrian vice-chancellor at that time, to become his cabinet chief. In 2000 she refused an offer to work for the Council of Europe, in order to stay in Austria and help Wolfgang Schüssel when he became Austrian Chancellor in a coalition government with the Austrian Freedom Party. She is considered to be a close friend and confidante to Schüssel.

She remained cabinet chief in Schüssel's government until 15 January 2004, when she became Austria's ambassador to Switzerland. Recently, Ursula Plassnik’s application for the position as secretary-general of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has been vetoed by Turkey, because of her opposition to that country's bid to join the European Union. Her successor in July 2021 as ambassador is Austria career diplomat Maria Rotheiser-Scotti.

Foreign Minister of Austria, 2004–2008
Plassnik was appointed Foreign Minister on 18 October 2004, and sworn in on 20 October succeeding Benita Ferrero-Waldner, who resigned to become a European commissioner. She joined the Austrian People's Party after receiving the offer to become foreign minister. On 2 December 2008 she was succeeded by Michael Spindelegger.

Plassnik voiced concern over the 2006 Lebanon War. She called for an immediate end to hostilities in Lebanon.

Other activities

 * European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member of the Council
 * Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria (UNA-AUSTRIA), Member of the Board
 * Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Member of the Strategic Committee
 * Trilateral Commission, Member of the Executive Committee

Personal life
Plassnik has been married twice. Her first marriage was to Dr. Georg Posch, who became secretary general of the Austrian Parliament. Her second marriage was to Swiss diplomat Gérard Stoudmann. She stands out in public due to her height, at 191 cm tall.

At Plassnik’s initiative, the conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim gave his long-awaited first performance in Egypt at the Cairo Opera House and conducted the Cairo Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in April 2009. Barenboim had planned to make his Egyptian debut in January 2009 as part of a world tour with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the Arab-Israeli group he founded with the writer Edward Said. But that concert was canceled out of concern for the performers’ safety because of fighting in Gaza.

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Nowell Salmon

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Nowell Salmon, (20 February 1835 – 14 February 1912) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he served in the naval brigade and took part in the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny. He was a member of the force defending the Residency when he volunteered to climb a tree near the wall of the Shah Nujeff mosque to observe the fall of shot, despite being under fire himself and wounded in the thigh. He and his colleague, Leading Seaman John Harrison, were awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces for this action.

A few years later Salmon was dispatched from British Honduras (now Belize) to take custody of William Walker, an American citizen who had briefly been president of Nicaragua, but who was now attempting further conquests in Central America. The British Government regarded Walker as a menace to its own affairs in the region. Salmon captured Walker and delivered him to the authorities in Honduras, who promptly had him court-martialed and executed.

Salmon went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station, then Commander-in-Chief, China Station and finally Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

Early career
Salmon was the son of Reverend Henry Salmon, Rector of Swarraton and Emily Salmon (daughter of Admiral William Nowell), Salmon was educated at Marlborough College and joined the Royal Navy as cadet in May 1847. Promoted to midshipman, he was appointed to the second-rate HMS James Watt in the Baltic Sea in March 1854 and saw action during the Crimean War. Promoted to lieutenant on 5 January 1856, he joined the gunboat HMS Ant in March 1856 before transferring to the frigate HMS Shannon (1855) on the East Indies Station later that year. He served in the naval brigade and took part in the Siege of Lucknow in November 1857 during the Indian Mutiny. He was a member of the force defending the Residency when he volunteered to climb a tree near the wall of the Shah Nujeff mosque to observe the fall of shot, despite being under fire himself and wounded in the thigh. He and his colleague, Leading Seaman John Harrison, were awarded the Victoria Cross. His citation reads: "Date of Act of Bravery, 16 November 1857

For conspicuous gallantry at Lucknow, on the 16 November 1857, in climbing up a tree, touching the angle of the Shah Nujjiff, to reply to the fire of the enemy, for which most dangerous service, the late Captain Peel, K.C.B., had called for volunteers."

Salmon took part in the Recapture of Lucknow in March 1858 and was promoted to commander on 22 March 1858. He became commanding officer of the sloop HMS Icarus (1858) on the North America and West Indies Station in November 1859. In 1860, Salmon was dispatched from British Honduras (now Belize) to take custody of William Walker, an American citizen who had briefly been president of Nicaragua, but who was now attempting further conquests in Central America. The British Government regarded Walker as a menace to its own affairs in the region. Salmon captured Walker and delivered him to the authorities in Honduras, who promptly had him court-martialed and shot.

Promoted to captain on 12 December 1863, Salmon became commanding officer of the ironclad warship HMS Defence (1861) in the Mediterranean Fleet in March 1869 and then commanded the ironclad warship HMS Valiant (1863) under the Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown in Ireland in April 1874. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 29 May 1875 and made a naval aide-de-camp to the Queen on 12 December that same year, before becoming commanding officer of the battleship HMS Swiftsure (1870) in the Mediterranean Fleet on 28 November 1877.

Senior command
Promoted to rear admiral on 2 August 1879, Salmon became Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station, with his flag in the corvette HMS Boadicea (1875), in April 1882. Promoted to vice admiral on 1 July 1885, he was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 21 June 1887. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station, with his flag in the armoured cruiser HMS Imperieuse (1883), in December 1887.

Salmon was promoted to full admiral on 10 September 1891, and became Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in June 1894. He was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 22 June 1897, and led Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Review at Spithead on 26 June. He was appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-camp to the Queen on 23 August 1897. Promoted to admiral of the fleet on 13 January 1899, he retired in February 1905, died at his home in Southsea on 14 February 1912 and was buried at St Peter's Churchyard in Curdridge.

Salmon's Victoria Cross is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum in London.

Family
In January 1866 Salmon married Emily Augusta Saunders; they had a son and a daughter.

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Please be more careful with page moves
Your moves of NBC left a whole bunch of broken redirects, which you did not fix as is expected of people who do page moves (How to rename (move) a page). You also may have separated the article from its Talk page. Finally, "NBC Universal Television" is not an acceptable name for the article, as no one knows it by that name. It needs to either be at NBC, which is by FAR the most common usage, or, worst case, National Broadcasting Company, which at least most people would probably recognize (Naming conventions (common names)). Disambiguation makes it clear that if one article is much more sought after than the other entries (in this case mostly red links which seems pretty clear to me that the broadcaster trumps the others), Type 3, 'primary' disambiguation should be used, so I'm going to move it back to NBC. Also, you should have Moved NBC (disabmiguation) instead of editing the redirect left at NBC by the move. If you feel strongly about moving it to "National Broadcasting Company", please make your case on the Talk page, and publize the issue on places like the Village Pump and see if you can get community consensus for such a move. In the future, before you move a page, especially one with so many links to it, please make sure you A) are confident you've studied the relevant policies and guidelines, and B) are willing to fix all the broken links. Niteowlneils 04:39, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * And now you've moved ABC without cleaning up all the links you broke. There is a reason the "Move page" page says:
 * Links to the old page title will not be changed; be sure to check for double-redirects (using "What links here") after the move. You are responsible for making sure that links continue to point where they are supposed to go."
 * For example, go to the Frank Broyles article and click on "American Broadcasting Corporation" (or click it here, for that matter). Note that you don't make it to the new article location. You've left a good 50 or more articles broken in this way. Since ABC has too many other uses, there are valid arguments for both names, so I don't have an issue with that aspect, in this case.

 * However, AMC is going back: Not only does 'Classics' get almost 100 times as many hits as 'Channel', making it clearly the more common name, this news article dated 12/3/04 still uses 'Classics', implying that it is also the 'real' name (all the footer links at amctv.com, including 'about us' are broken, so I can't check there, but everything else indicates it's still 'Classics'). Niteowlneils 03:52, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Pure and simple, you're moving pages with no discussion, so I'm gonna move them back until you can at least articulate why you want to move them. Mike H 04:07, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)

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Talk:Peshwa

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Isn't this a title rather than a clan? —iFaqeer | Talk to me! 23:05, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes it is a title. But this article talks about Peshwas which was a generic name for the rulers with that title. Alren 16:29, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * My point then is that this should not be under Category:Ruling clans of India but under Category:Indian monarchs and included in List of Indian monarchs. —iFaqeer | Talk to me! 20:46, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)

 * This was a title and the Peshwas did periodically go to Satara to pay their respects, and report to their master, the Raja of Satara, who descended from the founder of the Maratha Empire, Shivaji. But eventually they began ruling under their own name, as the Raja remained the titular head.—Mohnish 14:46, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Ramachandrapant Bawadekar Amatya
I believe that Amatya and Peshawa are two different titles. (Please see Wikipedia article Ashta Pradhan). Did Ramachandrapant officially hold the title of Peshwa? Best to my knowledge, Chatrapati Sambhaji named Nilo Moreshwar (son of Moropant) as the next Peshawa after Moropant. Can anbody elaborate more on this issue?

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Infobox
The Infobox needs significant editing to remove misleading information. The Peshwa, certainly the ones before the Bhat family, could not be described as monarchs. The situation is somewhat complicated with later Bhat family Peshwas. They could be described as Quasi-monarchs.Jonathansammy (talk) 16:59, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Title
Since the article describes in great details, Peshwas who held the position before Balaji Vishwanath, I believe the title of the article should be changed to Peshwa. The dynasty only started with Balaji Vishwanath. Having said that, the Balaji and his descendents (The Peshwa dynasty) does deserve a separate article.Thanks.Jonathansammy (talk) 14:02, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

 * Agreed. This is not a dynasty. utcursch | talk 15:13, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

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Autumn in New York

Autumn in New York may refer to:

 * "Autumn in New York" (song), a jazz standard composed by Vernon Duke in 1934
 * Autumn in New York (film), a 2000 film directed by Joan Chen
 * Autumn in New York (Kenny Barron album), 1986
 * Autumn in New York (Tal Farlow album), 1954
 * Autumn in New York (Charles Lloyd album), 1979
 * Autumn in New York (Jo Stafford album), 1950

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Isn't Peshwa a title/post like "Emperor of India" rather than a clan? —iFaqeer | Talk to me! 23:05, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes it is a title. But this article talks about Peshwas which was a generic name for the rulers with that title. Alren 16:30, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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"The Other House" by Peter Schmidt (artist). Lithograph, originally included with the Brian Eno album Before and after Science, 1977. Used on back cover in subsequent editions.

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Mission Zamora

Mission Zamora is an integrated land reform and land redistribution program in Venezuela, created in law by the Ley de Tierras ("Law of Land"), part of a package of 49 decrees made by Hugo Chávez in November 2001. The plan is named in honor of Ezequiel Zamora, a 19th-century Venezuelan peasant leader.

Background
Venezuela's rural areas have seen substantial economic disinvestment, governmental neglect, depopulation, and abandonment ever since oil wealth was discovered in the early 20th century; as a consequence Venezuela now has an urbanization rate of more than 85%—among the highest in Latin America—and is, despite its vast tracts of highly fertile soil and arable land, a net food importer. The Ley de Tierras—"Law of the Lands"—was passed by presidential decree in November 2001; it included the creation of Plan Zamora to implement land reforms, including redistribution, in Venezuelan agriculture. The plan was created for several pressing reasons: to stimulate the agricultural sector in Venezuela in order to provide food security to the country (the only net food importer in Latin America) and more economic activity, to break up the concentrated economic power of the latifundios (75–80% of land owned by 5% of landowners, 2% owned 60% of farmland; 60% of agricultors do not possess any land ) and redistribute wealth to the poor in Venezuela, and to discourage urbanization, which creates heavy burdens on city services in the slums of Caracas and other Venezuelan cities.

Underutilized or unused private corporate and agricultural estates would now be subject to expropriation after "fair-market" compensation was paid to the owners. Inheritable, inalienable, and at times communal land grants were also gifted to small farmers and farmer's collectives. The rationale given for this program was that it would provide incentives for the eventual and gradual repopulation of the countryside and provide "food security" for the country by lessening the present dependence on foreign imports. There are three types of land that may be distributed under the program: To date, the Chávez government has only distributed the first two types of land.
 * 1) government land,
 * 2) land that is claimed by private owners, but whose claims the government disputes (including centennially inherited land)
 * 3) and underutilized private land (including second homes, and investment property).

Legal specifications
There are three components to the Plan's legal specifications:
 * 1) A legal limit (a capped limit) on the size of landholdings, which varies based on conditions between 1 and 50 km2.
 * 2) A tax on unused land holdings.
 * 3) A program for distribution of government and expropriated (with compensation) unused private lands.

Venezuelan citizens between the age of 18 and 25 or who head a family may petition to benefit from the Plan's land redistribution programs. The Plan's participants are first granted a piece of land to homestead and cultivate; if they cultivate it continuously for three years, they are then given official title to the land. This government-recognized title may then be inherited by the participants' relations, but its sale is legally proscribed.

Implementation
Three institutions were created to carry out the land distribution program: the Instituto Nacional de Tierras ("National Land Institute"), which oversees land tenancy; the Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Rural ("National Rural Development Institute"), which oversees aid to farmers, including technical expertise and equipment, and the Corporación de Abastecimiento y Servicios Agrícolas ("Agricultural Corporation of Supplies and Services"), to help with marketing. By the end of 2003, 60,000 families had received temporary title to a total of 55,000 km2 of land under this plan.

Controversy
The taking of private land proved controversial among Venezuelan land owners since the introduction of The Land Law of 2001, with one Chávez ally, former governor of Cojedes state Jhonny Yanez Rangel stating during a speech that "private property … is a right, but not absolute", while also placing emphasis on the importance of "the collective interest". The military was often involved in land takeovers, with some allegations of the Bolivarian National Guard violently taking land from families. In 2010, Venezuela tied with Chad and Zimbabwe for 2nd worst property rights in the world according to the International Property Rights Index from Americans for Tax Reform, a conservative U.S. advocacy group. By 2014, the International Property Rights Index rated Venezuela as having the worst property rights in the world.

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2M1207

2M1207, 2M1207A or 2MASS J12073346–3932539 is a brown dwarf located in the constellation Centaurus; a companion object, 2M1207b, may be the first extrasolar planetary-mass companion to be directly imaged, and is the first discovered orbiting a brown dwarf.

2M1207 was discovered during the course of the 2MASS infrared sky survey: hence the "2M" in its name, followed by its celestial coordinates. With a fairly early (for a brown dwarf) spectral type of M8, it is very young, and probably a member of the TW Hydrae association. Its estimated mass is around 25 Jupiter masses. The companion, 2M1207b, is estimated to have a mass of 5–6 Jupiter masses. Still glowing red hot, it will shrink to a size slightly smaller than Jupiter as it cools over the next few billion years.

An initial photometric estimate for the distance to 2M1207 was 70 parsecs. In December 2005, American astronomer reported a more accurate distance (53 ± 6 parsecs) to 2M1207 using the moving cluster method. The new distance gives a fainter luminosity for 2M1207. Recent trigonometric parallax results have confirmed this moving cluster distance, leading to a distance estimate of 53 ± 1 parsec or 172 ± 3 light years.

Planetary system
Like classical T Tauri stars, many brown dwarfs are surrounded by disks of gas and dust which accrete onto the brown dwarf. 2M1207 was first suspected to have such a disk because of its broad Hα line. This was later confirmed by ultraviolet spectroscopy. The existence of a dust disk has also been confirmed by infrared observations and with ALMA. In general, accretion from disks are known to produce fast-moving jets, perpendicular to the disk, of ejected material. This has also been observed for 2M1207; an April 2007 paper in the Astrophysical Journal reports that this brown dwarf is spouting jets of material from its poles. The jets, which extend around 109 kilometers into space, were discovered using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern Observatory. Material in the jets streams into space at a few kilometers per second.

2M1207b shows weak accretion from a disk, inferred from emission lines of hydrogen and helium in medium-resolution NIRSpec data. Surprisingly 2M1207b does not show absorption due to methane, which was predicted to be present for this object. It was suggested that very young objects have a L/T-transition starts at a later spectral type.

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T. J. Binyon

Timothy John Binyon (18 February 1936 – 7 October 2004) was an English scholar and crime writer. He was a great-nephew of the poet Laurence Binyon.

Early life
T. J. Binyon was born in Leeds, where his father Denis was a university lecturer. When, aged 18, doing his National Service, he was assigned to the Joint Services School for Linguists in Bodmin, Cornwall, to learn Russian. There, in 1954, the young soldiers, among them Alan Bennett, Michael Frayn and Dennis Potter, were trained to serve as translators and interpreters in the Cold War. It was there that Binyon's interest in Russian language and literature was kindled.

Education and teaching career
He studied at Exeter College, Oxford, but read German and Russian instead of History, which had been his original plan. After graduating he spent a year at Moscow State University. On returning to England, he took up teaching Russian literature at the University of Leeds. Eventually, in 1968, he became a fellow of Wadham College. Oxford, and taught in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. He served as Dean of Wadham during the 1970s and 80s and retired in the early 2000s.

Crime fiction author and reviewer
Apart from his academic career, Binyon had a great interest in crime fiction. He worked as a reviewer of detective fiction for The Times Literary Supplement and the London Evening Standard and wrote a theoretical book—"Murder Will Out": The Detective in Fiction (OUP, 1989)—and two crime novels, Swan Song (1982) and Greek Gifts (1988).

As emeritus, Binyon became a prize-winning author with a biography of Aleksandr Pushkin, Pushkin: A Biography (2002), it was the Samuel Johnson Prize winner of 2003. The book received critical acclaim and was praised by John Bayley in Literary Review: "No other work on Pushkin on the same scale, and with the same grasp of atmosphere and detail, exists in English, or in any other language apart from Russian."

Marriages and death
Binyon was married twice, first to Felicity Butterwick (1974–1992) and, after a divorce, to Helen Ellis (from 2000 up to his death). He died, aged 68, of sudden heart failure in his house in Witney, Oxfordshire, while doing research for what was to be his next book, on Mikhail Lermontov.

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"the Road to the Crater" by Peter Schmidt (artist). Lithograph, originally included with the Brian Eno album Before and after Science, 1977. Used on back cover in subsequent editions.

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