Word: capitol
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Reagan's last stop in a 21-hour day was on Capitol Hill. Still buoyant, he arrived by helicopter from Andrews Air Force Base to a cheering, stomping joint session of Congress. "I can't claim we had a meeting of the minds on such fundamentals as ideology or national purpose, but we understand each other better," Reagan declared. "That's key to peace...
...list of suspects is not short. Weinberger has acquired new critics within the Administration by opposing the Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction proposal, which the President supports despite its provisions for cutting military spending. The Secretary's credibility on Capitol Hill has shrunk to the point where Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Barry Goldwater bluntly told Weinberger at his most recent appearance, "You haven't answered any of our questions." Yet Reagan seemingly retains faith in his longtime and unquestionably loyal associate. When asked in Geneva whether he had any plans to fire Weinberger, the President responded with a blunt "Hell...
Harvard's Roger Porter, wearily grading papers through Christmas night with a flickering TV screen to keep him company, decided about 4 a.m. that the electronic symbol of American power and Government was the White House. Not so long ago, it was the Capitol. Indeed, the Soviets, usually a few years behind the times, still use the Capitol as the American symbol on their TV, which may be a clue as to why they have trouble with Ronald Reagan...
...Washington last week, 1,000 guests filled the Capitol Rotunda to witness the unveiling of a cast bronze bust of King, marking the first time a black American has been so honored in the Capitol. On this week's official holiday, concerts were scheduled at Washington's Kennedy Center, New York's Radio City Music Hall and Atlanta's Civic Center, featuring such performers as Stevie Wonder, Bill Cosby, Bob Dylan and Harry Belafonte. The highlights were to be aired on national TV and the profits from the shows donated to Atlanta's King Center for Non-violent Social Change...
After eating paper-bag lunches, the manufacturers boarded buses to Capitol Hill to buttonhole legislators from their home states. So many Michiganders packed into the office of Democratic Senator Carl Levin that several of the businessmen had to perch on upended attaché cases. Levin warned them that "the whole spirit of Congress is to get away from regulation," but promised to take a careful look at the Danforth bill. Plaintiffs' attorneys, needless to say, oppose all tort-reform plans. They commonly accuse insurers of creating a sense of crisis to enact laws that would deny just compensation to victims...