Word: potomac
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reich's analysis of America's industrial problems is biting, and his suggestions for changes are imaginative. But as with many public policy theories, the main question is: Will it play on the Potomac? And although Walter Mondale calls The Next American Frontier "one of the most important works of the decade," his buddies in organized labor are not altogether thrilled with Reich's high-tech heaven. A public policy theorist wants his plans implemented, but Reich does not leave enough room for natural compromise. While he might think that America needs "a new consensus" to address these problems, such...
Washington wooed members of the Democratic site-selection committee with Bavarian souffles, designer tote bags with their names inscribed and a boat trip on the Potomac. Chicago courted them with an energetic mayor-elect and a bubbly champagne brunch. Detroit, with its high unemployment and strong unions, presented itself as an ideal backdrop for Democratic issues...
From the moment that rumors of its gossipy contents began circulating along the Potomac, Zbigniew Brzezinski's memoirs of four years as National Security Adviser in the Carter Administration have enlivened Georgetown cocktail parties with outrage and titillation over his putdowns of erstwhile colleagues. He has waved the furor aside, saying that what matters is not whether former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance personifies the decline of the Wasp elite, or whether "the loving way" that Walter Mondale combed his hair betrayed insecurity, but the "substance" of the issues he tackles in these pages...
...Government has become one of the biggest advertisers in America. This year the Potomac's pitchmen will probably spend some $200 million through advertising agencies on Madison Avenue and elsewhere in the U.S. That is less than a third of what No. 1 advertiser Procter & Gamble, with its 70 consumer products, might spend this year. In the last tally for 1981, made by Advertising Age, the Government ranked 26th among all advertisers, just behind Ralston Purina (pet foods) and just ahead of Unilever (detergents and toiletries). The Government spent $189 million that year, 8.3% more than in 1980, despite...
...Lavelle, the EPA official who oversaw hazardous waste programs, after she refused to resign at Gorsuch's request. Lavelle's ouster provided a glimpse into the bizarre infighting and bitter policy battles that have given the agency under Gorsuch the ambience of a Borgia palace on the Potomac. Appalled by allegations of perjury, conflict of interest and manipulation of federal funds, three more House subcommittees and a Senate committee joined in the EPA probe. "They're smelling blood," said one Democratic House staff member. "They're smelling all kinds of shenanigans...