Word: capitols
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...long ago, anyone at all could walk up to the Capitol, open a door and wander pretty much at will. Visitors have long needed a pass to enter the House or Senate chamber, but it was only after 1983, when a bomb when off on the Senate side, that certain corridors to the leadership offices were cordoned off, magnetometers set up at the entrances, building passes required for employees and reporters, anti-terrorist planters installed in the parking lots, streets near the Russell Office Building closed off and sweeps by bomb-sniffing dogs ordered. There have been proposals every...
...Some of our technology goes back to 1971," said Capitol Police spokesman Sergeant Dan Nichols after an in-depth security study in 1996. "Maintenance is a problem. Finding parts is a problem. It was considered to be an emergency." A supplemental appropriations bill, passed earlier this year, included $20 million for improved Capitol perimeter security. But it is unlikely any of that would have ensured that Weston would be blocked. In the hours after the shooting, lawmakers were united in their determination not to shut down access in response to the incident. Late that night Nichols announced that the Capitol...
...Friday, the flag flying over the Capitol was lowered to half-staff. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Florida Senator Connie Mack visited Gibson's family at the hospital and stopped at the Chestnuts' home to see the officer's wife and children. Gingrich told them their father was a hero. But tragedy did not distract some politicians from the opportunities at hand: by 6:30, staff members for New Jersey Senator Robert Torricelli were distributing a press release to reporters calling for tighter gun control. Weston, after emergency surgery during the night, lapsed into a coma and was placed...
...subject of this week's AMERICAN SCENE. Blackman, yet another Washington-based correspondent (they do get around, don't they?), describes Maine as a "glorious, crystal-clear state where everyone is nice to each other and honest. I found it to be a lovely change from the Capitol." That's not necessarily a reflection on all of official Washington. Blackman just finished writing Seasons of Her Life, a biography of Secretary of State Madeline Albright, which will be released this fall by Simon & Schuster/Scribner. Blackman has known Albright since 1984, when the future Secretary worked on Geraldine Ferraro's vice...
...Nashville, Tenn., where record bosses have watched country music's ratings share dwindle, one label, Capitol, has pioneered a related tactic: pay-for-say. The label is spending $500,000 at 28 radio stations this year for 10-second commercials to run with songs by Garth Brooks, Steve Wariner and Suzy Bogguss. The ads remind the listener of the singer's name, the record label and where the album can be bought. Though the label does not pay for airplay, the commercials (which run only when the song is played) are an obvious incentive for the station to play...