Word: hills
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even D.C.-supporters in Congress foresaw the potential for extensive interference from Capitol Hill. In an August 1986 editorial in the Washington Post, Congressman Stewart McKinney (R-Conn.) warned that the rampant corruption, inefficiency, and misconduct of the Barry administration would soon threaten the future of "home rule...
...long last, here again is Washington's Union Station. Last week, after a thoughtfully conceived and meticulously executed $160 million restoration, the great national depot -- the bustling terminus for hundreds of thousands of troops sent off to two world wars, the Capitol Hill transit point for eleven Presidents and 11 zillion federal hangers-on -- reopened in something like its original form for the first time in more than a decade. It may be the most breathtaking public interior in the U.S. The vast, spiffed-up old station, packed with 140 new shops and restaurants and movie theaters (replacing, among other...
...satirist, Bogosian is only fair. He relies too heavily on stereotypes, especially in a bit about a high-powered, slimy executive of a type that is already familiar from Mamet and movies like Wall Street. In another somewhat ineffective monologue, Bogosian creates a Spinal Tap-like over-the-hill rocker, and the jokes seem stale and repetitive...
Seniors Mark Sagarin and Jake Hill then combined for a try to douse any hopes of a Huskie comeback. With about 15 minutes remaining in the contest, Hill was about to be knocked out of bounds after a 20-yard...
Devastated, Sasso took a job working for Boston's largest advertising agency, Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos. He found the sidelines frustrating. He and Dukakis stayed in touch, but mainly as friends. After the convention, Sasso saw that something was missing: no one was crafting new themes to extend the basic message of the primary campaign. Still, Sasso kept his own counsel. Dukakis does not like asking for favors or admitting mistakes. So when he finally invited Sasso back, just before Labor Day, it was because the candidate had no choice: the campaign was in trouble, and only Sasso could...