Word: washingtonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Joseph P. Kennedy, founder of the Kennedy clan, wanted badly for his sons to conquer Washington. But he didn't much like the term politics, a word that opened too easily onto whole vistas of abandoned ideals and fishy dealings, something he was sensitive about as a businessman accused of bootlegging and stock manipulations. What Joe preferred was the more sanitary phrase public service. All the same, Joe's main notion of public service was the kind that gets you a seat in Congress and then a desk in the Oval Office. So when it came to choosing their lifework...
...than for how Bush used it to neutralize his critics on both the left and the right. By pursuing a liberal end with conservative means, Bush placed himself and his guiding philosophy of "compassionate conservatism" smack in the center of the political spectrum. Sighed a top Democratic operative in Washington: "I hate to admit it, but it was a damned good speech...
Despite the optimistic progress of peace talks in Washington this summer, fueled by the election of the supposed dove Ehud Barak, resentment, jealously and downright anger towards one's neighbors continues. These hard feelings are only exacerbated and fueled by the frustrations of performing daily tasks such as washing clothing and mopping floors with limited water...
...prestigious Shorenstein Center Director post opened up earlier this year after Marvin Kalb announced his intention to leave the job to direct the Center's office in Washington, D.C.. Kalb became the center's first director in 1986, after serving as Chief Diplomatic Correspondent for CBS News and a moderator of "Meet the Press...
...down words to describe the actions of men and women and the lives they live--is to tip one's hat to the pinnacle of civilization and politics in the twentieth century. And to discover the real life, or at least a single beat in the rhythmic pulse, of Washington...