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DIED. KATHARINE GRAHAM, 84, retired owner of Newsweek and the Washington Post, Beltway socialite and Pulitzer-prizewinning memoirist; of head injuries in a fall; in Boise, Idaho. After taking over the newspaper in 1963 following the death of her husband Philip, Graham guided the Post's transformation into one of the most powerful newspapers in the country, joining the New York Times in its 1971 quest to publish the Pentagon papers and overseeing her paper's history-making pursuit of the Watergate scandal. (See Appreciation, page...
...World. As I grew older and began writing myself, I made it a ritual to read every word, every day. When I went to college, I found myself missing the heft and wit of this capital newspaper. By that time, like any soul who lived and breathed within the Beltway (and an extraordinary number from without), I knew damn well who Katharine Graham was, and what she stood...
...That may just be enough for Bush, who has gotten similar messages from other pro-life stalwarts, including Orrin Hatch and Strom Thurmond. According to White House sources, the President is "agonizing" over the stem cell decision, and Frist?s declaration may ease his pain. Conversely, plenty of Beltway insiders consider Frist?s announcement simply a preview of Bush?s ruling; there is absolutely no way, the thinking goes, that someone as politically savvy and ambitious as Frist would put himself so far out such an dangerous limb without assurances that he?d end up on the winning team...
...Beltway Player...
Through these frequent appearances in court, she had became known to the Beltway's media. When these stations suddenly needed an analysis when Barry was arrested, they turned to Van Susteren...