Word: capitols
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Clinton won his race for attorney general, and he and Hillary moved to Little Rock into a house at 5419 L Street just west of the State Capitol. While the house was small and unpretentious, its purchase took all the financial resources the couple could muster. Hillary went to work for the Rose Law Firm, arguably the state's most prestigious, at an associate's salary of $24,500. As attorney general, Clinton earned a meager...
...weeks ago, hundreds of high school students marched in the State Capitol in Utah to protest the Salt Lake City school board's ban on extracurricular clubs. Usually, most of the adult world despairs of student apathy. They must have been pleased to see such motivated students...
Dole has declined to step down from the majority leader's post, which carries stature and affords him free television exposure as President Clinton's foil on Capitol Hill, and he refuses to delegate more authority to his top deputy, majority whip Trent Lott. Now, though, the pressure on Dole is rising. Having lost the balanced-budget battle and becoming desperate to show voters what they stand for, Republican lawmakers return to Washington this week, after a three-week break, to find a Senate schedule devoid of anything except votes on funding the District of Columbia and the Whitewater investigation...
...Some of us were expendable," says Comley. "That got me going." For years he was known for publicity stunts--hiring planes to trail banners above the U.S. Capitol--and emotional outbursts at the press conferences of politicians. The NRC barred him from its public meetings until a judge ordered the ban lifted. But Comley's game evolved: instead of demanding that plants be shut down, he began insisting they be run safely. He teamed up with the sharp-witted Hadley to aid and abet whistle blowers and sank his life savings into We the People before taking a dime...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Walking down the Capitol steps Tuesday, Bob Dole was quietly optimistic about his chances in primaries in Arizona and the Dakotas. "We feel good about it. We hope to win two out of the three primaries today. We'd like to win all three." Expected to win in both North and South Dakota, Dole faces a stiffer fight in Arizona, where polls show him neck and neck with Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan in the winner-take-all contest for the state's 39 delegates. But for Dole, the fact that he was leaving Washington Tuesday...