Word: capitols
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Besides partisan problems, one ugly malaise has enveloped the entire Capitol. This Congress is in love with the status quo. Health care, the crime bill and probably welfare reform will be the victims of inaction this year. For too many representatives, nothing is better than something that they don't completely support...
There is soul and fuddle here. Heat and hesitation. The grace of real genius and at times a touch of madness. Among the five CDs that constitute The Complete Bud Powell On Verve and the four that make up The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings (Capitol), you get a deep experience of his gift and his torment. It is, much of it, great jazz. All of it is vital. These separate CD sets are neither monument nor memorial, even though this year marks the 70th anniversary of Powell's birth. Rather, the recordings provide a map of trails blazed...
Lobbying for Harvard is already hard enough because Capitol Hill perceives Harvard as wealthy, and therefore less deserving of federal aid, Nixon said...
Clearly, the days are gone when a Congressional hopeful could pose proudly in front of the Capitol and make a pitch to the folks back home. Nowadays such naivete is a certain recipe for defeat. Today's market-savvy slogans are: "Congress is more the problem than the solution; they're out of touch and we're out of patience" (Fred Thompson, the Republican challenger for Senate in Tennessee). Or, "The government is the most formidable enemy of all" (Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb.). The Times reports that these attitudes have spread and are now continually validated by campaign advertising...
This will be remembered as the year that Capitol Hill became a bastion of evil, and experienced politicians became as morally objectionable as mass murderers. When one considers that these were selling points for voters, one can't help but wonder at the progress we've made in government...