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...Have Him" (1949), by Nancy Wilson (1962) on "Capitol Sings Irving Berlin." But really "I've got to have him"; this two-part song from "Miss Liberty" itemizes the domestic indulgences a wife, then a mistress would lavish on the man they share. Starting sassy (a younger Eartha Kitt) and growing by turns mellow and desolate, Wilson gives a bravura performance the more remarkable for its emotional precision...
...afternoon of September 11, 2001, a group of Senators and Congressmen stood on the Capitol steps and sang that something-more-than-a-song. Two nights later, when Broadway turned its lights back on, the casts of "The Producers" and other shows led theatergoers in renditions of the same song...
...home, the anthrax killer is still at large - and may well have gotten his germs out of a U.S. laboratory - and Capitol Hill staffers are about to start taking a vaccine that just two years ago was suffering from a major credibility...
...Thanks to an historic offer from federal health officials, as many as 3,000 Capitol Hill and post office workers are eligible to receive the anthrax vaccine. This is the first time the government has provided civilians with vaccination against bioterror weapons. (The program is part of an experimental study run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
...vote to win "trade promotion authority." If the Senate follows suit, as expected, Bush will gain the go-ahead to negotiate foreign-trade deals that could be worth tens of billions of dollars in extra growth for the U.S. and the global economy. But for Capitol Hill watchers, the victory (twice denied to President Clinton) was at least as notable for the White House's impressive arm twisting: several crucial votes came from G.O.P. Representatives from states that have been especially hard hit by trade competition. One key pro-Bush vote, for example, came from North Carolina Republican Robin Hayes...