Word: capitol
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This year, four Harvard undergraduates went to the nation's self-proclaimed intern capitol, Washington, D.C., for their externships--with lawyers, a civil servant and a journalist...
Former Senator David Pryor (D-Ark.)--now afellow at the Institute of Politics(IOP)--preceded Nye and opened the speech withhigh praise for his former Capitol Hill colleague...
...ready for Ken Starr's second big appearance on Capitol Hill. Last time he showed up, it was to tell the House Judiciary Committee how bad the President was; next week he'll be on hand to tell the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee how good the independent counsel is. Technically the subject will not be Ken Starr himself, but whether or not Congress should renew the independent counsel statute. For many senators on the panel, though, it will be difficult to separate the two. "To many legislators, he's exhibit A of why the statute should lapse," says TIME Washington...
...jury verdict could come within days. "Win or lose the trial," says Novak, "Starr will again be on display for going after his targets over and over again." That perception can only hurt the chances of the independent counsel statute, and increase the odds that Starr's second Capitol Hill appearance will, like his first, end up in defeat...
...growing popularity of MP3s has not gone unnoticed by the music industry. Major recording labels like Sony and Capitol are crying foul, claiming that rampant disregard for copyright laws by hundreds of Web sites which illegally post pirated tracks threatens to grossly undercut profits. Because MP3 technology is so advanced, it is fairly simple for anyone with the proper equipment to condense and make available whole CDs for free distribution. And with the advent of portable MP3 players now offered for about $200 by seven different companies, industry doomsayers are predicting the total financial ruin of music companies worldwide...