Word: washingtonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...challenge is to implement these new initiatives without micromanaging our neighborhood schools from Washington," said Rep. Bill Goodling (R-Pa.), chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee. "Regrettably....under the president's proposals, Washington bureaucrats will call the shots on most of the major issues confronting states and local school districts...
...likely this is to happen, and how soon. Legal experts add that it may be a hard argument to make at trial. "It's difficult because it relies on getting the court to look over the horizon and take seriously events that haven't happened yet," says George Washington University law professor William Kovacic...
...Reported by James Willwerth/San Bernardino, Dick Thompson/ Washington and Hilary Hylton/Austin
...STARR'S righthand man may be ready to bolt. JACKIE BENNETT, Starr's top deputy, has interviewed with at least one Washington law firm with strong Republican credentials, promising to bring paying clients with him. Bennett's aggressive prosecutorial style has made him one of the most controversial figures in Starr's office and the one most despised by the White House. A veteran of the Justice Department's public-integrity section, Bennett has been under wraps ever since the federal judge overseeing Starr's grand jury called for an investigation of leaks from the independent counsel's shop; Bennett...
...HOME: Michael Graves, postmodern architect, designer of the Portland Building in Oregon and the Crooks House in Indiana, has a new feather in his cap: availability at Target. The discount chain commissioned the architect to create a line of housewares after working with him on the restoration of the Washington Monument, which it's partly funding. He brought forth such potential budget wedding gifts as a toaster, kitchen utensils, a patio set and an ice bucket. Next: Issey Miyake redoes the Big Gulp for 7-Eleven...