The Washington Post, June 15th, 1994
In this city of symbols and figures of speech, it's not often that you see an actual red carpet. Until, of course, the world's best-known emperor and empress come to town, at which point red carpets are suddenly everywhere. The Freer Gallery of Art was one of many places to lay one out last weekend, in the steaming heat of Sunday morning, shortly before the imperial pair arrived in full motorcade (siren, six motorcycles, squad car, two big black limousines with flags and flashing lights, four more limos and a sedan) to pay their respects to some of the Japanese treasures in the museum's collec...
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