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...hope this will make people in Washington, especially on Capitol Hill, think about how, under the new administration, there can be a move away from the secrecy and constraints on information we've seen in recent years," Spence said...
...native of Columbus, Duffy, 30, graduated from Oberlin College in 1980, then went to work as a military-affairs reporter in Washington. Five years later, he signed on with TIME, reporting first on the Pentagon, then moving to Capitol Hill before joining the campaign trail last year to cover George Bush, Michael Dukakis and Jesse Jackson. His time in Washington has given Duffy an appreciation for one of the first principles of reporting governmental affairs: hurry up and wait. Duffy has spent entire days -- followed by long nights -- waiting outside closed doors to learn the latest twist about tax- reform...
...Boggs, one of Washington's paramount lawyer-lobbyists, talked to him at a party given by Kennedy, he was open to an offer. Brown signed on as a partner at Patton, Boggs & Blow with a salary comfortably in the six-figure range. "He has a deft touch on Capitol Hill, just like he has on a basketball court," says former Army Secretary Clifford Alexander, a Washington lawyer who plays ball with Brown on Saturday mornings. "He makes his opinions clear in a way that seems logical and fair, and he never boxes people into a corner. His approach is designed...
...glancing at gardener Irvin Williams' meticulous winter designs. But this time Reagan slowed, turned right and left to wave one more time. Halfway down the colonnade, he suddenly faced away, picked up his gait and, never looking back, went to meet the Bushes and take them to the Capitol to yield the presidency to his personally chosen successor...
...personal recovery from the trough of the Iran-contra scandal and his final vindication at the polls last November. Not since the Roosevelt-Truman era has either party won three consecutive presidential elections. Not even the popular Eisenhower had the pleasure of escorting his designated heir to the Capitol...