Word: capitol
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Despite Nixon's attempt to blame Capitol Hill for encouraging inflation, Democratic Congressmen argue that they will ultimately appropriate at least $6.8 billion less than the $143 billion requested by the President. That figure is misleading, since it does not take into account such continuing commitments as the increase in Social Security benefits. But the fact remains that so far Congress has trimmed actual appropriations by a substantial sum. Accordingly, Wisconsin's Democratic Senator William Proxmire concluded that the White House was guilty of a "snow job" when it complained that "Congress is spending money like a drunken...
...A.F.L. divisional champions, Washington fans can relax and contemplate their bright future. The Redskins, who had not enjoyed a winning season since 1955, had by week's end fashioned a 7-4-2 record to clinch a second-place finish behind Dallas in the N.F.L.'s Capitol Division. Good as that was, Lombardi was not satisfied: "Let's not get all worked up about this team. We still have a long way to go, and a lot of areas need shoring...
There has been considerable sympathy on Capitol Hill for doing away with Title II. Hawaii Democratic Senator Daniel K. Inouye, mindful that many Japanese-Americans were shunted off to camps during World War II, has led the attack. Until last week, however, Inouye's cause seemed hopeless. "I was under the impression that Justice was against repeal," he says. Others who directly suggested a repeal of the camp provision to Attorney General John Mitchell in recent weeks came away with the same impression. So the Nixon request was something of a surprise, but one likely to meet with...
...stuff than my eyes started running and my throat was all irritated." Despite medication, a violent 24-hour allergic reaction set in, leaving her looking, she reported, "like I had been burned around my eyes and cheeks." That very day Anthropologist Margaret Mead was testifying on Capitol Hill that pot wasn't harmful. Said Mrs. Mitchell: "I was dying to get her on the phone and say 'You should...
...Pesticide. Drums, this time muffled in black crape, also led the second parade Saturday morning, when the full force of demonstrators started from the Capitol on the mile-long walk to the Washington Monument. Despite the confusion and the orders unheard in the din and the cold wind, the crowd was remarkably orderly...