Word: capitol
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...past, it was the agency's directorate of operations that tended to draw public scrutiny and occasional dismay. For example, the last time television audiences were treated to a lengthy official probe of the CIA was in the mid-1970s, when committees on Capitol Hill exposed a variety of bizarre plots to "destabilize" pro-Moscow regimes and "terminate with extreme prejudice" leftists and revolutionaries. But even when American citizens objected to specific capers or methods, few challenged the need for covert action...
...LITTLE ROCK residents, the adultery accusations are old hat. You hear the rumors all the time. They range from trifling indiscretions (Clinton on the State Capitol steps smooching a heavily made up young secretary) to bald-faced immorality (Clinton committing adultery and fathering illegitimate children...
...outspoken Black activist in Arkansas who cries racism--and bashes Bill Clinton--every chance he gets. For more than a decade, Macintosh has embarrassed those working for racial harmony in the state with out-landish accusations of unfair treatment. He's chained himself to fences outside the State Capitol and burned flags to provoke attacks from ignorant whites...
After arriving by train from Florida, George Bergalis wheeled his emaciated daughter Kimberly into a packed hearing room in the Capitol. Her speech slurred and voice shaky, the terminally ill 23-year-old spent only 15 seconds describing her ordeal to lawmakers. But her message was shattering. Bergalis, who contracted the AIDS virus from her dentist, is leading a crusade to require that all health-care workers be tested for the virus to prevent infection...
...KING COLE: BIG BAND COLE (Capitol). Now that Nat has got to the top of the charts again, via a ghostly duet with his daughter Natalie, this is the perfect time to discover Pop in his prime, singing and swinging his way through 17 standards backed by a big band, predominantly Count Basie's, on this welcome reissue...