Word: capitol
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Consider an ad for the publication itself, which appears in the September issue: in it a sleekly dressed Black woman strides down the steps of the Capitol. The ad says that "this year women will elect the President" and promises Ms. readers that they will receive the "inside story" on Washington power politics. The ad argues that because Ms. is now non-profit, it can take partisan political stances that it was precluded from taking during its pre-commercial days...
Elsewhere, street people are said to be the problem. "We had a woman in there one day," says the owner of a gas station just off Capitol Hill. "They saw water running under the door. She was giving herself a bath right out of the sink." But he is an optimist ("At least I got a clean floor"), and he still provides rest-room keys, selectively. Other businesses put their rest rooms permanently out of order...
...wife and infant daughter died; his two sons were critically injured. He considered giving up his seat, but his family rallied around him. His sister moved into the Wilmington house to take care of the boys, and he began his daily three- hour round-trip commute to the Capitol...
RICHARD THOMPSON: AMNESIA (Capitol). He's a monster guitar player and a master songwriter, touching top form again on this brand-new album...
...greatest myth about the Nation's Capitol is that all the players are unethical, idealism is a luxury, rumor and perception always matter more than fact, and battles are fought always for personal gain and never a higher cause. Murphy has swallowed the myth whole, at one point telling us that in Washington everyone has a skeleton in his closet...