Word: beltway
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...female troubles," it's menopause that has been undergoing the most decisive makeover. Fifteen years ago, when Geraldine Ferraro ran for the vice presidency, the question buzzing anxiously around the Beltway was, "Has she gone through menopause yet?" You certainly wouldn't want a Veep who flashed hot or popped Midol. Fast-forward to 1994, and the Washington Post could calmly interview power gals Pat Schroeder and Olympia Snowe on their feelings about hormone-replacement therapy--and no one was blushing or giggling. In fact, in the new femaleist vernacular, those aren't hot flashes; they're power surges. True...
...different. Hitchens says it's about standing up to the White House's lies. "They have the power, and they've gotten away with everything from campaign finance to wagging the dog," he says. Blumenthal's camp says it's about friendship, loyalty and something even more sacrosanct to Beltway journalists: the secrecy of gossipy off-the-record lunches with sources. With the Clinton saga wrapping up, it's hard to believe much is really at stake. Blumenthal is unlikely to stand trial for perjury; if he does, Hitchens insists he will go to jail rather than testify...
Dershowitz said he thought the impeachmentprocess was driven by more than just Beltway partypolitics...
...Senators would be together, one of the last times the gallery would be this crowded. For all the partisan posturing, the Senate hallways have been as sociable as a county fair. Journalists say they hate the Monica story, but they actually love its narrative drive, its beyond-the-Beltway characters and the voracious appetite it has spawned in New York City editors for a Washington dateline. Its demise will mean the end of the newsroom as college dorm, with ordered-in food, endless talk of sex, and all-nighters. Next week we will be back to Medicare reform...
Sullivan, who spent 25 years working in Washington as both a journalist and political aide, said the pressures of life within the Beltway takes a toll on women with young children, especially when both parents work. Politicians have little say over when their events and caucuses take place, she said...