Word: beltway
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nothing" government. They wanted a government that works and has real accomplishments on real problems. For all the criticism of Clinton's "little programs," school construction, teenage curfews, and child literacy have a lot bigger impact on American families than the "big ideas" that some inside the Beltway demanded...
...like the plot and the humor, the format will only work for the Beltway-savvy. If you haven't seen a White House briefing and aren't familiar with popular press figures, it's hard to play along. Likewise, many of the jokes and comments about various scandals and D.C. high-society may make many feel "out of the loop...
...Beltway Blues" Award...
...hooker who says she wants to get out of the business, claimed that over the course of about a year she and Morris met for sex almost weekly. Their alleged get-togethers took place at Morris' $440-a-day suite at the Jefferson Hotel in Washington, the nicely appointed Beltway establishment where he stayed during the week, returning on most weekends to his West Redding, Connecticut, home and Eileen, his wife of 20 years, a defense attorney...
...retrospect as the key to the first re-election of a Democratic President in 52 years (since F.D.R.'s last term)? In the months leading up to the '94 election, especially with the collapse of his ambitious health-care reform, Clinton seemed like "dead meat," to use the dainty Beltway terminology. At first the Republican revolution made Clinton's doom seem even more certain. But it hasn't worked out that way. Many have noted the irony: elected on a promise to end Washington gridlock, Clinton may get re-elected as the guarantor of gridlock. He is Horatius...