Word: washingtonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With the quality of American medical education seemingly jeopardized, the University turned to Washington to fix the problem, lobbying hard to emphasize to lawmakers the urgency of the problem. Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) came up with a solution, proposing a system that would tax health insurance premiums to create a trust fund for graduate medical education...
...quaint little train station in the village of Kingston, Rhode Island (home of the University of Rhode Island). The station offers free parking and is only a 20-minute cab ride to the properties. Amtrak provides all-weather transport, 7 trains daily, from major cities along the Boston to Washington track: Boston (Route 128 Station, 55 minutes); (South Station, 75 minutes); New Haven, 1 hour 50 minutes; Manhattan, 3 3/4 hours. Driving time from Boston (AAA estimate) 1.5 hours; same as Boston-Hyannis (without the Route 93/3 hassle...
...People were delighted [she] came; however, this is a very empirical crowd," said Judith A. Dollenmayer '63, who attended the Washington, D.C. tour stop. "They want to know the who, what, where, when...
Says C. Douglas Dillon '31, who presided over the overseers in 1969 and is a former secretary of the treasury, Rudenstine has not been "quite as active trying to influence legislation in Washington as some other presidents...
...December 1996 with the stock market soaring to record highs, Greenspan spoke at a Washington dinner party, wondering aloud if the flow of money into the stock market was simply "irrational exuberance...