D.C. Hosts Rivals for Convention Business
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First, primp the palms. Then bring in a jazz trio, crank up the chocolate fountain and throw a swanky dinner for your guests with an icon of their industry. This is cutthroat competition, Washington style.
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The Washington Nationals are back in business. A week after the deal to move the Montreal Expos to the nation's capital appeared dead, it was revived Tuesday when the District of Columbia Council voted 7-6 to approve stadium funding legislation.
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The Republican National Convention has more than 40,000 miles of cabling to operate high speed computer systems, telephone lines and live television broadcasts.
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A string of recent victories and endorsements from key party insiders have Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton running neck-and-neck in the increasingly important battle for delegates.
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The Republican National Convention's host city braced Sunday for tens of thousands of demonstrators in the largest scheduled protest of the week against the Bush administration.
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The Republican National Convention next week promises to be a more lavish affair than the Democratic one in Boston.
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Description: Washington, DC&#39;s City Council has thrown a wicked curveball at plans to attract Major League Baseball&#39;s Expos.
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NEW YORK OF ALL the business tycoons assembling for their favorite party&#39;s convention this week, none will get a warmer, perk-filled welcome than the personal
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Contract talks between the local hotel union and 14 large D.C. hotels resumed last evening, as the sides discussed employee workloads and other matters in an effort to avoid a strike during the presidential inauguration next week.
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The Democratic candidates are aggressively pursuing members of the group that could serve as tiebreakers at the partyâs convention.
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Hundreds of companies, trade associations and other lobbying groups are not about to miss the chance to entertain top members of the party in power.
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Like two teams before a big game, supporters and detractors of a plan to bring baseball to the District are preparing their lineups for tomorrow&#39;s showdown before the DC Council.
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Voters in eight battleground states will be getting a rolling preview of the Republican National Convention in New York City when some of its most prominent speakers join President Bush for a pre-convention campaign swing.
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A row erupts between two leading contenders for the US Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
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Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK With the Republican National Convention set to kick off Monday in New York, the 15,000 credentialed journalists in town have extremely varied interests, but they seem to agree on two things: the security is tighter than at the Democratic convention in Boston, but the working conditions are better.
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The heads of various state Democratic Party organizations meet in Orlando this weekend.
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Politicians and delegates won't be the only ones getting the red-carpet treatment at the Republican National Convention.