Word: beltways
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...will eventually shift from the mayhem of last week, but a new political sensitivity may endure--one that gives unionists, environmentalists and others a platform for concerns heretofore ignored by the WTO bureaucrats and elected representatives alike. "In America trade policy has been conducted by elites inside the Washington Beltway," explains Craig Johnstone, senior vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "Now the issue is very visibly moving out into the streets. Those who want to promote trade are going to have to make their case much more vigorously to all the American people...
...American Highway Users Alliance released its list of the 18 worst traffic bottlenecks in the country. The most horrifying place to be stuck during rush hour? The infamous intersection of Interstate 405 and I-10 in Los Angeles, followed by hot spots in Houston, Seattle, Boston and the Washington/Maryland beltway...
...your typical politician. So imagine how jarring it was to learn that, like a typical politician, Bradley sought help for his campaign from Madison Avenue, and did so secretly. The effort began 16 months ago, according to Adweek, when Bradley sat himself down before a group of outside-the-Beltway advertising executives to seek advice. The host, Mark DiMassimo, said the group took a hard look at how to improve "Bradley the Brand." Dubbed the Crystal Group, for Bradley's Missouri boyhood hometown, the ad men pushed the initially taciturn ex-Senator to articulate why he wanted to be President...
...Cold War has largely shifted from protecting America from a nuclear-equipped superpower to maintaining stability in the region that superpower once dominated, the Pentagon's budget has been slashed by a third, while American troops have been increasingly devoted to peacekeeping efforts. This trend has many inside the Beltway, mostly Republicans, arguing that a powerful military has symbolic importance for America's diplomatic and economic legitimacy, as well as for world peace. But a New York Times/CBS News poll released Wednesday showed that only 2 percent of American voters considered defense the "single most important problem for the president...
...Gore] Posed for "candid" snaps with his parents during his father's campaigns. Was he inside the Beltway before there was a Beltway...