Word: washingtonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Journalists in Colombia are intimidated," said Andres Cavelier, a Colombian journalist working as a correspondent in Washington...
According to data released Wednesday by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association in Washington D.C., the number of people using wireless phones by June 30 swelled to 76.2 million--a figure which represents about 28 percent of the U.S. population...
Senator McCain, as the acknowledged champion of campaign finance reform, made the most of the night to consolidate his position in second place, hammering the special-interests-control-Washington theme while at the same time burnishing his centrist credentials by affirming his tolerance for pro-choice positions within the GOP and for gay rights. Steve Forbes basked in the fact that his flat tax had become something of a conventional wisdom among Republicans, Gary Bauer tried to claim the Buchanan legacy as the choice of the blue-collar conservative, while Senator Orrin Hatch and Alan Keyes struggled to find signature...
...more immediate concern to Moscow, though, is the fact that the Chechnya issue is now beginning to dominate its discussions with Western leaders. Last week, it took over the agenda of a meeting between Putin and the European Union, which had been scheduled to discuss economic assistance. And now Washington is stepping up its criticism, urging Russia to solve its conflict with Chechnya through dialogue. "Chechnya threatens to displace Russia's preferred concerns at the top of the agenda in its dealings with the West," says Meier. Even more alarming for the Kremlin is the fact that Washington is casting...
...lose. That?s right, the football gods have blessed them with a bye week. As for the actually functioning gridiron gruelers, a sure bet is the Redskins over the Bears - even giving eight and a half points. The Bears have the misfortune of getting in the Skins' way when Washington feels they have something to prove. Brad Johnson has always been able to channel adversity into clutch performances, so look for punchless Chi-town to get mauled...