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...living space. Mercifully, all the grandiose dreams died in the face of costs and a growing sense that the country was deeply fond of George Washington's original creation. Theodore Roosevelt's brood dented the mansion here and there; son Quentin would bring a pony through the ground-floor corridor and up the elevator so that his ailing brother Archie would be cheered. All along the way an exuberant country of inventors made sure that early on the White House had running water, indoor plumbing, electric lights, central heating, telephones--even some crude air conditioning way back...
...Bethesda. Two hundred of the 300 biotechnology firms in Maryland are located in Montgomery County, whose median household income is $77,774 (ninth nationally). Montgomery County ranks sixth in the nation as having households with incomes of $500,000 or more. Like that in northern Virginia, the high-tech corridor in Maryland is congested with traffic. Commuters who try to use public transportation like the subway find that the vast parking lots in even the most distant suburbs are full...
That danger must seem remote to the starry-eyed lawmakers who have continued to clamor to visit the affluent Dulles corridor. In May alone, CapNet and its member companies were host to 44 members of the House and Senate in eight forays. The visitors included House Speaker Dennis Hastert, the nation's most prominent Republican, and three of the Senate's most prominent moderate Democrats--Evan Bayh of Indiana, Bob Graham of Florida and Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut. CapNet has specialized in educating rather than simply financing politicians. "We've had almost a hundred members of Congress...
...months, protesters have braced themselves for conflict: KWRU leader Cheri Honkala was resolute in her plans to march, despite the denial of a permit, and being engulfed by the giant (and permitted) hoagie that invaded City Hall, and the city's determination to keep the Broad Street corridor clear for easy delegate access to the FU Center...
...highlight of the exhibition was leaving the corridor to join the Rei-loving (or at least quietly respectful) revelers sipping champagne and snacking on brie. The self-proclaimed Comme des Garons fan with the sparkly eye-shadow was looking vaguely disgruntled. There was nary a kumquat in sight...