Word: capitol
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lingering $110 billion deficit, Congress long ago abandoned Pentagon plans to increase defense spending each year. Overdue as Cheney's order may have been, the armed services responded by leaking hastily assembled cut lists, studded with base closings and hard-to-cut weapons systems that are immensely popular on Capitol Hill. Conspicuously absent from the lists were such big-ticket items as the Navy's Seawolf attack submarine, the Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter and the Army's LHX attack helicopter. The Navy flouted the spirit of Malta further by scheduling a test of its Trident II submarine-based...
...flopped in its last tryout, The Pay-Raise Follies enjoyed a remarkably rapid revival. There was House Speaker Tom Foley last week, a bipartisan cast gathered around him, calling earnestly for more money. Here again came consumer advocate Ralph Nader, stirring up rabid radio talk-show hosts to bash Capitol Hill for insatiable greed. George Bush, once more standing in the wings, sent his best wishes...
...instance, when Wisconsin activists had difficulty coordinating a rally, students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison decided to hold one on campus, Bowman says. In the end, their enthusiasm sparked a rally at the state capitol...
...restored its cachet by making it a criminal offense, flag burning had virtually gone out of style as a means of radical protest. Now desecrating the Stars and Stripes has become a bit of a fad. Last week four demonstrators staged a torching on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Among the participants: Gregory Lee Johnson, whose conviction for setting fire to a flag at the 1984 Republican Convention led to a Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of the practice. Said Johnson: "We're back...
...make every effort to attend the march this weekend. But the pro-choice movement need not start or end with the march on Washington. Massachusetts promises to be an important battleground for the abortion issue, and students should join marches at the state House as well as at the Capitol. In addition, there is a petition circulating in Harvard Square and in many of the houses that calls for abortion to be protected as a clear constitutional right. We urge students to support all of these necessary endeavors to secure freedom of choice...