Word: capitol
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Washington this summer, I witnessed a desperate event that shamed the souls of our nation's political leaders. A group of 200 young Americans, some of them as young as eight, marched on the Capitol past police and dumped 4200 pennies on the steps. The Congress of the United States has indebted them $1 billion for every penny they dropped...
...however, the consensus of experts is not enough to convince lawmakers on Capitol Hill, especially Democratic Congressmen who rely on the traditional support of organized labor, which opposes NAFTA. The Clinton Administration hopes to lure some Democrats with a promise to provide job training to those who do lose their jobs to increased competition from Mexico. But even with substantial support from Republicans, who generally back free trade, Clinton will need to secure the support of at least 100 House Democrats before NAFTA comes to a vote later this year. Right now he has fewer than...
...locked. "I'm as settled about my past as anyone who's 51 can be. I'm not seeking a public role as a radical in the media." But some colleagues will not overlook her past. Says Professor Daniel Polsby: "This woman set a bomb off in the U.S. Capitol, for heaven's sake! And then she says, 'Ha, ha, I'm not sorry.' This is a school of law, not a dental school!" Counters Dohrn's former attorney Don Reuben: "She picked herself up from her past and has done socially good work for years now. What do they...
...interviewer recently, "I've made a living swimming upstream." But for the past three or four of them, TV's brash experimenter has been thrashing mostly in dry creek beds. The creator of Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law tried a musical police show (Cop Rock), an "adult" cartoon (Capitol Critters) and a sexy law show (Civil Wars). Now, with his new ABC series, NYPD Blue, Bochco is back where he is most comfortable: chronicling the dark, turbulent world of big-city law enforcement. And fighting a raging current...
...this week, the Administration scheduled a "health-care university" on Capitol Hill for 400 lawmakers of both parties, at which Hillary Rodham Clinton and other luminaries were to teach "courses" in how the plan would work. (Though she headed the task force that put the plan together and will be a major witness at the first congressional hearings late this month, Mrs. Clinton is being cast as a "supporting actress," in the words of White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers, while the President plays the lead sales role.) Other Administration officers will hit the road to whoop...