Word: capitols
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...decision resulted primarily from the Administration's belated recognition of battlefield realities in Cambodia and political realities on Capitol Hill. Over the past six months, the Khmer Rouge forces, an estimated 30,000 strong, have been pursuing a rural-based strategy similar to the one that enabled them to encircle and take the capital city of Phnom Penh in 1975. While the Khmer Rouge are stronger militarily than at any other time since they were chased from power by Vietnam 11 years ago, some well-informed analysts do not believe the gains made during this rainy season represent a dramatic...
Securities lobbyists, in a desperate attempt to marshal opponents on Capitol Hill, immediately labeled the transfer levy a "tax on savings." Other critics note that Brady's own commission pointed out that a similar plan proposed by lawmakers in October 1987 helped trigger the crash...
...prospect. Enrollment in U.S. teaching programs increased 61% from 1985 to 1989. And more graduates are expressing interest in public-service careers. "The glory days of Wall Street represented an extreme," says Janet Abrams, 29, a Senate aide who regularly interviews young people looking for jobs on Capitol Hill. "Now I'm hearing about kids going to the National Park Service...
...majority leader George Mitchell. When other Senators beseeched him to postpone legislative business so that they could attend their children's graduations, the annoyed Mitchell cried, "When can we vote?" On a recent Friday he scheduled a procedural vote on a motion to compel absentees to return to the Capitol. Nine failed to answer the roll call, but it could have been worse. Several Senators canceled their plane reservations at the last minute to appear at Mitchell's "bed check...
...timing of Fang's departure was probably linked to next week's summit of the seven leading industrial countries. Beijing wants them to lift their partial ban on loans. Another motive: the Capitol Hill debate over whether to restore China's most-favored-nation status...