Word: washingtonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Blake defeated the University of Washington's Robert Kendrick in a grueling three-set match, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, to retain the No. 1 ranking in the nation and win one of college tennis' Grand Slams...
Luckily for Washington, Sudan has no powerful friends. Lawyers hired by Salih Idris, owner of the Shifa pharmaceuticals factory destroyed by U.S. missiles last August have assembled scientific evidence to back their claim that the U.S. targeted the plant in error. But thus far nobody in Washington is listening...
...even that wasn't as STUPID as the fuss in Washington," Buckwheat added. "David Howard, a white man just appointed as ombudsman for the new mayor, Anthony Williams, was talking to two staff members about the budget. He said that since funds were limited, he'd have to take a 'niggardly' approach...
...because some African Americans have knocked him for not being 'black enough,' because he's more concerned with fixing potholes than delivering fiery speeches. So instead of telling the black guy to calm down and consult a dictionary, Williams accepted Howard's resignation." Buckwheat paused. "In a city like Washington this could start an epidemic of oversensitivity. You could have an explosion the next time somebody says there's a 'nip in the air' or a 'chink in your armor.' We've got to inject some common sense into this STUPID fuss...
...that the impeachment trial is finally drawing to a close, what's to be done for an encore, before the whole show bows out of Washington and goes into the syndication of history? Apparently, a feverish round of postmortems and you-were-there exclusives...