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...bust was cast in plaster by sculptor WalkerHancock, whose work includes the figures of RobertFrost and Hubert Humphrey at the U.S. Capitol...
Premiering in New York's Capitol Theater on January 22, 1937, the movie immediately met with critical praise, and Garbo won the the New York Film Critics Award for Best Female Performance. For once, the critics recognized talent when they saw it. Garbo's masterful performance remains a triumph...
Dreyer added the latest changes by 8:30, copying the speech onto three small diskettes and the hard drive of his laptop computer. Clinton made more changes during his limousine ride to Capitol Hill; Stephanopoulos typed those directly into the TelePrompTer. What no one realized was that a White House communications aide had already accidentally merged the new speech with an old file of the Feb. 17 speech to Congress. Then they simply scrolled to the top of the document and waited for Clinton to begin...
Late last week top aides went to Capitol Hill to begin explaining the difficult options the U.S. may soon face. General John Shalikashvili, the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged that the Bosnian operation could cost the U.N. $4 billion its first year. Lawmakers, led by influential Senator Sam Nunn, expressed deep anxiety that the Administration had no exit strategy. "My big question will be not how do we go about it," Nunn told the New York Times, "but how do we get out if the parties begin fighting again...
Despite the fact that the AMA may no longer be the dominant institution it once was, it still holds tremendous lobbying power on Capitol Hill and may be able to affect crucial votes as the Clinton plan is submitted for Congressional approval...