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...placed in a special exhibition in the library, but the entire collection may take up to five years to be catalogued. “These are irreplaceable, so ultimately their access will be limited for research uses,” Guerra said. Alison Weinstock, who created a Web site that catalogs Blades’s music, is coordinating the acquisition on the singer’s behalf. Weinstock originally approached Widener Library about holding the collection, but ultimately the work—which is primarily composed of musical artifacts—was placed in the Loeb archives...
...balls won’t be the only festivities of the evening, they are the only ones that the Obamas and Bidens are guaranteed to attend. Bars: Old Ebbitt Bar and Grill, the oldest saloon in Washington, is close to the White House and across the street from the site of Rhodes Tavern, the watering hole where British generals toasted one another as Washington burned in 1812. During the inauguration, however, Washington nightlife will be alive and well: bars will be open all night and serving alcohol until 4 a.m. Museums: In celebration of the election the Smithsonian museums will...
...Blair House nearly became the site of national tragedy when two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to assassinate Harry S. Truman, who was staying there while the White House was being renovated. One of the men was arrested, the other was killed during a shoot-out with police. Truman remained at Blair House despite the attempt until the restorations were finished in 1952. (By 1982, however, workmen had started in on the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue after a chandelier collapsed in one of Blair House's 119 rooms...
...created. The exact size can be measured in various ways. He controls a 13 million-name e-mail list, which is nearly the size of the NRA and the AFL-CIO combined. Three million people have given him money; 2 million have created profiles on Obama's social-networking site. More than 1.2 million volunteered for the campaign, which has trained about 20,000 in the business of community organizing...
...collate feedback into reports for policymakers, Cabinet officers, even the President. Citizens can view and comment on briefing papers submitted by the interest groups that have been lobbying Obama ever since he won the election. Most of these interactive devices will be carried over to the Obama White House site. Asked if all this feedback would really reach decision makers, Phillips responded, "I wouldn't enjoy my job if I felt the whole thing was a charade...