Word: capitols
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...while you shouldn't expect a J. Crew commercial featuring clips of Malia and Sasha on the Capitol steps, the retailer probably won't sit on this news. Cohen suggests a word-of-mouth guerrilla marketing campaign - for example, a Facebook group promoting the girls in J. Crew that asks users to sign up as fans. "They have to practice the subtle art of selling," says Cohen. "Go out and create a buzz, and just have others do it for you." Chen says J. Crew will most likely send an e-mail to customers in its database - about 22 million...
...some of his predecessors. Unlike many chiefs of staff, Emanuel comes to the job with the experience of having been a power player on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. "You've been here before, so you know the place," Rumsfeld told him. "And you've been on Capitol Hill, which is so important...
While Republicans greeted the news that Emanuel would take the White House helm with some trepidation, he has since surprised many of the worried by courting them. One of his first meetings on Capitol Hill after taking the job was with the Senate GOP leadership. "He gave us all his personal cell-phone" number, said Nevada Senator John Ensign. "He said he promised to get back to us on issues within 24 hours." But Emanuel cannot count on these moments of goodwill to last for long. The position is not one for anybody who craves job security. Typically, chiefs...
...inauguration was studded with former Harvard luminaries, as Obama was joined on the Capitol steps by former University President Lawrence H. Summers and former Vice President Al Gore...
...weeks that Obama lived in Washington as President-elect, he efficiently paid homage to the capital's various power centers. He did an interview at the Washington Post. He dined with leading conservative thinkers at George Will's suburban Maryland home. He rubbed elbows with his former colleagues on Capitol Hill, grabbed a bite at Ben's Chili Bowl and took a late-night tour of the Lincoln Memorial. He also paid quiet visits to both Arlington National Cemetery and Walter Reed Army Medical Center...