Word: washingtonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Thursday's ceremony at the Polish Embassy in Washington, D.C., Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Leszek Balcerowicz presented the award to Sachs and David Lipton, who also served as an economic advisor during those years...
Which leads to an obvious question: Are Boston's demographics such that it can support a major FM-urban station? Many of the cities which have two competing urban stations, like Chicago, New York, Washington and Baltimore, are largely minority, while Boston, to say the least, is predominantly white...
...predominantly black city, hip hop and soul music, when played over the radio, can have the effect of taking the difficulties of urban life and depersonalizing them, making them a communal problem rather than an individual failure. As Ulf Hannerz points out in his 1969 ethnography of Washington, D.C., Soulside, "the ghetto cultural apparatus also assures the members of the audience that their personal troubles are only reflections of the public issues of the community...
...This program has helped me enter the work force, and it's helped me build up my self-esteem and character," says Carlos Pennix, 25, a clerical aide assistant with the Potomac Power Electric Co. in Washington. Pennix, who has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, started with the power company as an intern in 1992 when he was in high school...
...American public and officials in Washington are underestimating the risks to the U.S. of the new European Economic and Monetary Union, and its new currency, the euro. The reason for concern is not that the EMU will mean a stronger Europe that can challenge the U.S. economy. Quite the contrary, the EMU is likely to weaken European economies, leading to more trade friction and economic isolation. But the most important problems the EMU can cause are political, bringing increased conflict within Europe and with...