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...silversmith, Revere was a dentist). For those who love literature, the 73-year-old Folger Shakespeare Library, tel: (1-202) 544 4600; www.folger.edu, has the world's largest collection of the Bard's memorabilia and printed works - even beating collections in his native England, says director Gail Kern Paster. The first folio from 1623 is one of the Folger's most prized Shakespeare rarities. There are also non-Shakespeare engravings, artifacts and writings from 1500 to 1800. Special exhibits have included letter writing - which featured correspondence among sweethearts and an unopened letter written by King George I - from the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capital Assets | 1/5/2006 | See Source »

Deputy chief of staff John Podesta assembled the team, including former Clinton Hill lobbyists Howard Paster and Pat Griffin, as well as Tommy Boggs, the king of Washington lobbyists. In regular contact with lawmakers and their top staffs, members of the President's shadow lobbying enterprise are in a good position to test Clinton's fortunes. Separately, businessman Terry McAuliffe, Clinton's close friend and principal fund raiser, is known to have phoned hundreds of Democratic financial supporters to rally support for the President. They, in turn, are calling in their support to Democratic lawmakers. And it would be hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There A Way Out? | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...Look but don't touch" was, in effect, the watchword of some of the President's political advisers, such as George Stephanopoulos and outgoing congressional liaison Howard Paster. Programs like Social Security and Medicare have been portrayed for decades as something that American workers had earned; trimming benefits for the affluent would be viewed as breaking a solemn social contract. (In truth, a recent Social Security beneficiary gets back what he paid with interest by age 71; anything after that is free). The Clinton political team believes the most serious problem is not Social Security but the runaway costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Their Turn to Pay? | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

...Just when its gears seemed to be meshing smoothly, the Administration announced the resignation of two senior aides: Howard Paster, the President's chief congressional lobbyist, and Roy Neel, the deputy chief of staff. Both men said they were leaving because of the relentless pace of work in the Clinton White House. Paster has not disclosed his plans; Neel is reportedly considering a $500,000-a-year post with a telephone trade association...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week November 21-27 | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

White House lobbyist Howard Paster, meanwhile, has drafted Cabinet officers into a "shadow whip" system aimed at turning the undecided around. On "even" weeks, agency chiefs meet with three undecided members; on "odd" weeks, they are deployed to at least one fence-sitter's congressional district to make speeches, attract local press and provide "cover" for the lawmaker to vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attention Nafta Shoppers! | 10/25/1993 | See Source »

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