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...group composed its own song after stopping in Washington DC to visit Walsh's Aunt Nan, who was not home. Sitting on the curb outside Aunt Nan's house, the group wrote a fictional country-western song whose lyrics included, "There's shit in my peanut butter." A debate over whether to use a knife or spoon to spread the peanut butter on the peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches they were eating (courtesy of HDS) inspired the group's songwriting effort. "At that point, we had not been sleeping a lot," Philipp said...

Author: By Richard B. Tenorio, | Title: Loyal Fans Travel to NCAAs | 3/21/1997 | See Source »

...leveling of social distinctions that Price Club facilitates represents a major sociological phenomenon that extends past Price Club into other areas of consumer purchases. In my area-the suburbs of Washington, DC-bargain stores aimed at people who want high-quality goods are experiencing a boom...

Author: By Chana R. Schoenberger, | Title: An Ode to the Puritan Ethic | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...There were times when I felt life was difficult," Chung said, explaining that she underwent a "hazing period" as a young, female, Asian-American reporter in Washington DC...

Author: By Sadie H. Sanchez, | Title: Connie Chung Speaks At AAA Conference | 2/15/1997 | See Source »

...horrific consequence of a chain of irresponsibility shared by ValuJet, SabreTech (one of the airline's maintenance companies) and ultimately the Federal Aviation Administration. Volatile oxygen-generating canisters were incorrectly marked empty, packed in cardboard boxes that lacked hazardous-warning labels, and stowed in the cargo hold of the DC-9 without required safety caps designed to prevent discharges that could start a fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRAGEDY RETOLD: VALUJET CRASH | 12/2/1996 | See Source »

Union members who were upset by the results of their meeting with the NLRB said they plan to draft a letter to the international union in Washington, DC, to alert them of the problems within Local...

Author: By Jay S. Kimmelman, | Title: Custodial Workers Ask NLRB to Nullify Deal With Harvard | 10/16/1996 | See Source »

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