Word: beltways
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...knew the witness was telling the truth. Schippers says he's the kind of lawyer who prefers to "play it according to the rules" rather than bend them to score a point off a legal opponent. By that standard alone, Schippers, 68, may seem an anomaly within the Beltway. In fact, he came to Washington only in March, having grown up and spent most of his professional life in Chicago. He considered becoming a priest and attended Chicago's Quigley seminary. But he opted for law school (night classes at Loyola University) and soon landed a Justice Department job with...
Ever since then, there's been a difference of opinion between Main Street and the Beltway. American citizens turned their back on a nation they judged morally and politically beyond the pale, and public opinion has yet to recover. But policymakers couldn't quite do the same, recognizing that the U.S. had no option but to deal with China. Its rising power made it a force to be reckoned with, like it or not. And so Clinton, after some I'll-do-it-different demagoguery of his own, became the sixth President since Richard Nixon opened...
...want to add tax cuts. Democrats like the bill as is; they're trying -- so far in vain -- to close debate and force a vote on the existing version. It's a good old-fashioned Senate stalemate, and suddenly the tobacco industry has something to chuckle about: An ugly Beltway bill is headed for an ugly Beltway funeral...
...move has been anticipated in Mass. Hall for at least a month. Rowe declined comment yesterday, but sources said he is headed for a private-sector job in Washington, D.C. Rowe worked in government and media inside the Beltway before coming to Harvard...
With a family rooted in the Beltway and experience in making friends and influencing people, Rowe has never had to stray far from his roots to be successful...