Word: domes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...image of the Capitol Hill dome was once the symbol of a great, revered institution founded by the just and the free and the brave. In today's congressional advertising campaigns, the image of the dome looms darkened in the background, a symbol of some vague evil that steals from and disgusts its citizens...
...Welcome back to the Suncoast Dome in Saint Petersburg, Florida, for the 1995 Women's Lacrosse World Championships...
Republicans have been feeling lucky for weeks about their chances to seize a Senate majority come November, but now they're also actually within shooting distance of the House for the first time since 1954. This morning, about 350 G.O.P. lawmakers and House candidates gathered under the Capitol dome for a photo-op signing of a new "Contract with America" -- a 10-point platform they said they'd turn into reality if they tip the electoral scales in six weeks. Among the pledges, courtesy of ringleader and House minority whip Newt Gingrich: a balanced-budget amendment, presidential line-item veto...
Other evidences of sanity followed. The Baseball Network dropped its practice of airing only regional games and re-established the national game of the week, allowing fans to become part of a countrywide community again. In Seattle, whose domed stadium had been closed for a month when ceiling tiles fell into the stands, the town burghers came to the radical conclusion that baseball is an outdoor game; they requisitioned a giant can opener and removed the dome entirely -- and with the mood upon them, they replaced the Kingdome's fake turf with natural grass. Some concession stands even tried putting...
...Washington, did NRO a $310 million pleasure dome decree...