Word: capitols
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Once an issue arises, the president, the vicepresidents or the deans figure out what the policyshould be for the University and then we starttalking to people on Capitol Hill," Nixon says...
Michael Jackson owned the rights to the Lennon and McCartney composition, Capitol Records owned the original masters, and so for $500,000 Nike was allowed to use the actual voices of the Beatles...
...Collins up to the role? If not, it is hard to imagine who would be. He is a natural performer whose stage presence and easy eloquence make him a persuasive spokesman for the multibillion-dollar genome project on Capitol Hill. He is a workaholic who logs 100-hour weeks and flies more miles in a month than most people do in a lifetime. He is an empathetic clinician who agonizes when delivering a devastating diagnosis...
...supporters, however, are trying to turn his dismissal into a blessing in disguise. Last week hundreds of students staged walkouts in Jackson and in such cities as Tupelo and Hattiesburg. About 4,000 supporters cheered and clapped at a pro-prayer rally at the state capitol. The demonstrations have been attended by both blacks and whites -- a rare confluence of sympathies in the South. Members of the religious right hope to turn this popular support for a black educator into a nationwide movement to undo the Supreme Court's declaration that school prayer is unconstitutional. Says Mississippi Governor Kirk Fordice...
...rough-and-tumble, folksy ways had worked well for Johnson in the Senate's closed and clubby atmosphere and made him respected and feared among the Capitol's insiders. But his style often raised ridicule and suspicion in the national spotlight where he had to dwell as President. Life-and-death issues like the cold war and Vietnam required, more than anything, calm, study and courage -- not theatrics...