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...took nearly 10 years to complete the building. The cornerstone was laid on Oct. 13, 1792, in one of those wonderfully proper Masonic rituals of the time. According to White House historian William Seale, people gathered at the Fountain Inn, a grand eating and drinking emporium in Georgetown. They shuffled down the dusty road to the White House site led by the Freemasons, who were followed by the federal district commissioners, and behind them came "gentlemen of the town and neighborhood" (as described in a Charleston, S.C., newspaper that provided the only written record of the event). There...
...aunt, uncle, cousins and father walked with me through Georgetown in search of this Harvard-owned Eden. We strolled through the streets of old and posh Georgetown, past graveyards and row upon row of brick homes, hunting for the famous flowers. When we reached the high black gate, there was already a crowd gathering for its opening. We lined up in front of a window to pay for admission. I noticed that the pricing sign didn't list any special favors for those with Harvard ID, but I was almost certain I wouldn't have to pay a dollar...
...tandem will be at a particular disadvantage tomorrow against Holy Cross. Harvard regulations prohibit freshman athletes from practicing during orientation week. In addition, the Crusaders threw the Crimson a bit of a swerve last Saturday in their season opener against Georgetown, unveiling an entirely new offense...
Thanks to the machinations of White House press secretary JOE LOCKHART and National Security Adviser SANDY BERGER, most reporters didn't even know the decision was coming until just hours before Clinton revealed it at a hastily scheduled speech at Georgetown University Friday...
Clinton felt he needed to give a speech to lay out the security and diplomatic context of the decision, which has immediately become a hot issue in the presidential campaign. But where? The White House rejected using a Washington think tank, fearing leaks. On the other hand, Georgetown's foreign-service school is headed by ROBERT GALUCCI, a former diplomatic troubleshooter for Clinton. Says Lockhart: "For them to get a crowd is easy. All they have to do is hit one button to send an e-mail to their faculty and students: DO YOU WANT TO COME?" Galucci said...