Word: capitol
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...TIME ON CAPITOL HILL...
...they are printed out and blown up in order to be C-SPAN-ready. Costs on the House side run from $60 to $110 a chart, at taxpayer expense. For simpler enlargements, staff members or congressional offices occasionally turn to the local Kinko's, two blocks away from the Capitol and open 24 hours...
...taking aim. That's because the patrolman is one of about 75 spectators who have dropped by for an Under the Stars basketball game -- and the shooter simply wants to sink a basket. Every Tuesday and Thursday night inside Dunbar High School gym -- 12 blocks from the Capitol and five from one of Washington's most notorious drug markets -- the only shots the police have to worry about are lay-ups and free throws...
...road, Dole comes across as a much happier warrior than in the grim corridors of the Capitol. "My mother-in-law," he observes wryly, "tells me that I should smile more." He has good reason now. Though Dole turned 71 last month, chance has provided another pass at the prize he first sought in 1980. After he lost the nomination to George Bush in 1988, Dole recalls, he ! concluded that it "was probably the end. It seemed to me that that was my best shot." But serving as Senate G.O.P. leader under a Democratic President has allowed him to regain...
...CAPITOL HILL: The Shadow President...