Word: capitols
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...recall the "season of service" urged in President Clinton's inaugural address, still fewer do on Capitol Hill. The latest of four major filibusters, the delay of the national service bill, only underlines how short that season was for many lawmakers...
...showdown in the U.S. Senate was just the most dramatic incident in a war against symbols that continues to haunt the South. The Confederate battle flag flew atop Alabama's capitol until a few months ago. Blacks in Mississippi are suing to remove the same emblem from their state flag. Georgia Governor Zell Miller's proposal to "purge the dark side of the Confederacy" -- again the battle emblem -- from that state flag failed earlier this year...
...some hot Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), in which privileged players are given the chance to buy shares in emerging companies just before they are offered to the general public. The revelation of Foley's sweet deals by Roll Call, a spry newspaper published twice a week that covers Capitol Hill, shed light on how some IPOs are doled out to a select few while ordinary folks are never given a chance to invest...
...LABEL: CAPITOL...
...list price for a new car to avoid any charge of getting a sweet deal. In a department under fire for being deeply politicized and ethically challenged, drifting past successive scandals from B.C.C.I. to Iraqgate, employees consider her their best chance at redemption. Reno has, says an observer from Capitol Hill, "established a certain air of integrity that is emanating from that department. You cannot diminish the value of having the head of the Justice Department being recognized nationally for strength, integrity and honesty. That is certainly something that has not happened at Justice for the past 12 years...