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Jeff really has local Washington sensibilities. . . . He understands the city and demonstrated it when he put together a team with deep local roots.

Kohl?s is your main candidate. They?re expanding, have made deals in Eugene and have stores under construction in Gresham and Washington County.

I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span.

I suppose I should have my say about the terrorist attacks. I don't suppose it'll be a popular view, but they need to be put into some sort of perspective. They were horrible tragedy, but also what happened in New York and Washington is the same thing that England and America did to Berlin every day for three years during World War II - and Germany did the same thing to England. But most Americans don't think about that. They think everything starts and finishes with America. It is the first time this has ever happened to America, so you would expect them to overreact a bit.

I suppose I should have my say about the terrorist attacks (9/11). I don't suppose it'll be a popular point of view, but they need to be put into some sort of perspective. They were a horrible tragedy, but also what happened in New York and Washington is the same thing that England and America did to Berlin every day for three years during WW2 - and Germany did the same thing to England. But most Americans don't think about that. They think everything starts and finishes with America.

I remember thinking, man, if you think that's problematic, wait until you stick around Washington a little bit longer.

People are sick and tired of political attacks from Washington politicians who are more worried about getting media attention than in solving problems.

Ownership of the Washington Redskins provides perhaps the most visible platform from which to try and lobby Congress, pass legislation, speak with lobbyists and interact with the media in the nation's capital. There's a lot of value associated with that.

Our costs go up, it's a double edged sword. The people getting here putting gas into their cars to get here cause a lot of our trips are people are from Baltimore, Washington area.

Our whole lives are lived in a tangle of telling, not telling, misleading, allowing to know, concealing, eavesdropping and collusion. When Washington said he could not tell a lie, his father must have answered, 'You had better learn.

Out of our 22 turnovers (Sunday) many were offensive fouls, questionable calls, but we have to live with it. I don't want to try to get caught up in fouls or things not going our way at times, I'm just trying to counter the stuff Washington is trying to do to our team.

Republicans believe that the federal government plays a limited but very important federal role in education. We simply want to help schools get the money that they need to improve education without so many Washington strings attached,

Restaurants are critical partners to the Washington wine industry because the restaurant is where consumers often have their first wine experience. The Washington Wine Restaurant Awards program recognizes those establishments that exhibit strong support of Washington wines with innovative and educational promotions.

Playing in New York is special to me because you are surrounded by so many communities and a strong Latin community, including the Washington Heights neighborhood. I come to Washington Heights for real Dominican food that reminds me of my hometown, and it's a great place to visit.

Oregon and Washington State are the most physical, hardest-fought games every year. You always have to pick it up a notch when you go play at Oregon.

part of the solution, not part of the problem. ... We need a change from the same old Washington insiders who got us into this mess.

Our mission in Washington boils down to this: Defend the Internet as a free and open platform for information, communication, and innovation.

Our mission is to make Washington the safest state in the nation for consumers and their personal information.

People have said to me 'I hope you won't let happen in Washington what is happening in Kansas.'

People hope to point to the White House with pride. We believe that presidents told the truth and set an example through their actions. We parents want our children to respect and admire our president and our leaders. It is as simple as the old story of George Washington chopping down the cherry tree.

Stem cell research will be the key to unlocking the mysteries of illnesses that have afflicted our friends and families for generations, ... We need Washington to stop playing politics that could impact California's efforts to lead the nation in life saving research. We stand united in California urging Congress to pass Senator Feinstein's legislation adopting strong ethical standards while pushing forward on sensible research.

Starting Monday, I think we're going to get into a downturn. There's so much confusion in the market. The world economies are in turmoil. Washington is in turmoil. There's too much out there for the market to ignore.

Some of the battleground states, particularly those with other high-profile elections -- Florida, Michigan, Missouri and Washington -- may have higher turnout. But since about 33 states and the District of Columbia were not targeted by the campaigns, it is likely that turnout will fall in most of those states.

Somehow, the greater the public opposition to the health care bill, the more determined they seem to force it on us anyway. Their attitude shows Washington at its very worst - the presumption that they know best, and they're going to get their way whether the American people like it or not.

My sophomores played really well tonight. They stepped it up and played very, very well. Of course, Marcus Washington did some wonderful things for us.

My son's girlfriend (in Washington state) recently got a littering fine (cigarette wrapper out the car window, observed by state trooper) - $1,000.00! Probably couldn't generate that much concern for the environment in our legislature.

My next book is also set in the eighteenth century. It's about the Revolution, with the focus on the year 1776. It's about Washington and the army and the war. It's the nadir, the low point of the United States of America.

My pitch wasn't too bad. He wanted to come to UCLA, but we made the mistake of taking another guy and he went to Washington and I think beat them three out of four.

My mind is wandering right to the Washington Redskins, and that's it, for this week.

Living on campus is not just about a convenient commute to work. My residence at The George Washington University is about being available in the case of student or campus-wide emergencies.

Marcus Monk is fine, and we've got to get one more receiver to really help him. Cedric Washington has got to stay consistent, but we need another speed receiver.

Maryland leaders took a historic step today in acknowledging the crisis of global warming and deciding to do something about it. While leaders in Washington say carbon reductions are impossible, the capital itself now borders a region stretching from Maryland to Maine where reductions are in fact happening.

Like watching the Jesse Ventura show. It's too bad you couldn't get the White House Press Corps to work from a script like that. Dana Milbank of the Washington Post will be along presently to try to figure out who thought that was a good idea. But first, wait, there's more from the fog of war, playing three acts, to White House Press Room unscripted. The first topic there was, guess what, whether or not the whole deal with the soldiers had been rehearsed. Once again, you are there.

I will take my years in Washington and New York state and compare it with Clinton any day, on substance, ... Forget about all the glitz and glamour. I've built up a record that qualifies me to do this run. You need a credible candidate with a strong background and no baggage.

I wish we had an administration in Washington that wasn't an appeasing, liberal, whining administration in the '90s that allowed the terrorists to build up the way they built up.

I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting Paris.

I think our team remembers Washington came in here and had their way with us.

I think people are ready for somebody who has not spent a lot of time in Washington to come in and be president, because that person will also realize that Americans deserve some responsibility too.

I think Russians basically feel this is a game they are good at and they should be allowed to play, To be frank, I think Washington is just going to have to get used to that.

It doesn't matter that Bush scares the hell out of me. What matters is that he scares the hell out of a lot of very important people in Washington who can't speak out, in the military, in the intelligence community.

I think if we're to re-establish (the Congress') constitutional role, to control the purse strings, we've got to say that when it comes to local control versus a Washington straitjacket, the people of the United States want the education decisions made in the local school districts, not in the White House.

I think he was a good choice and I think it's good for the president to put somebody out with somebody like Tony who has credibility and let's hope that people can work together in Washington a little bit more.

I think he's been very productive in preseason. He's shown a lot of explosion and power. He looks a lot better in three-technique than he did as a 3-4 defensive end last year. He's probably playing with more confidence and maybe a little bit more energy. But when you have Ted Washington on one side and Kelly or Hamilton on the other side, (Sapp's) usually isolated on that guard and he's a handful.

I think he feels that we're important. He said you get so isolated in Washington D.C.. It was very thrilling, and I enjoyed every moment of it.

It depends. We've got to get Eastern Washington here, and we've got to steal one on the road next week.

I think it would have been far more damaging if it would have been someone like Karl Rove (who was indicted) but the current controversies swirling in Washington (D.C.) are not a help to the GOP right now.

I think many people in Washington these days presume someone to be guilty until proven innocent. I think that's different in middle America.

It has only been in the last 10 years that this fault's significance has been understood. For the most part, Oregonians believe that Oregon doesn't have the kind of earthquake history that California or even Washington has.

John started the season injured, then he went out to Washington to visit his father, so he was out of the loop. Then when he finally came back, he ran into a sickness. He?s been up-and-down all season for us, and obviously he came to play tonight. I feel really good for him.

Just last week I traveled with both of them to Washington to meet with the leaders in Congress, and we reminded them that California is at the tip of the spear of our nation's military capability, that we do it all.

It is Congress' right and prerogative to be informed and they are being informed on an ongoing, regular basis. Sometimes you have to recognize in Washington no amount of consultations is ever enough for the Hill, and I think that extends well before this administration. That's sometimes just the way the Hill works.

It is encouraging to see our home state of Washington at the forefront of legislation and enforcement on these important consumer protection issues.

I'm here to help Mike and do everything I can to avoid interference back in Washington if help's needed with related agencies,

We need that bill passed, ... New York City is doing a great job on homeland security, but their resources are stretched as far as they can be stretched, and we're not getting the help from Washington that we need.

We need someone in Washington who knows how to build jobs from the ground up.

We need some leadership in Washington to recognize the pending threat of PTSD to veterans and our country as a whole. George Bush doesn't talk about mental health and he doesn't talk about veterans. Veterans' issues are not a big priority for him.

The aptly named Long Beach Peninsula, 28 miles of sand, stretches like a beckoning finger along the Pacific Ocean at Washington's southwest corner. You won't find games or taffy stands on the Long Beach Boardwalk, just interpretive displays about the dunes, water and wildlife. But this low-key planked pathway parallels the beach, where kite fliers congregate year-round; the Washington State International Kite Festival is Aug. 15-21.

The American public loses when officials and lobbyists conspire to buy and sell influence in such a corrupt and brazen manner. By his admission in open court today, Mr. Rudy paints a picture of Washington which the American public and law enforcement will simply not tolerate.

The American people are tired of the out-of-control spending, and they want Washington to get their act in order and stop spending money we don't have.

That was in that scrimmage at Washington University. We were fighting a little bit after the play. It was a little heated argument.

That was a typical University of Washington versus Arizona State basketball game. Very physical, emotions running high. They're real aggressive and we play an aggressive brand of basketball, and when you put the two together, sometimes tempers flare. Our guys did a good job of maintaining their composure.

Merkel is not going to send troops to Iraq, and nobody expects her to. What Washington cares about is that countries take their share of responsibility in the world.

Messrs. Washington and Lincoln would be appalled and saddened by what their successor, President Obama, and the modern Democratic Party are doing to the nation they dedicated their lives to keep alive.

Miami, the Gateway to the Americas, could well be the first American city in 35 years to see its baseball franchise leave. People in Washington D.C. know very well how long it took to get a team back.

Members of the uniformed Secret Service responded and administered first aid to the individual until D.C. fire and EMS arrived. The individual has been transported to the burn unit at Medstar at the Washington Hospital Center. An investigation is currently under way.

We jumped on Washington with pressure and our pressure was the difference early. We got a lot of transition buckets early and that put it away early.

You can fit 15 to 20 people in the room. We have had players from the Washington Nationals and the Washington Redskins and other high rollers in this room, but anyone can enjoy it, you just have to have the money to rent.

will take leadership -- leadership unlike that which has controlled Washington for these last several years.

Who are these people? (To a tour guide at Monticello after seeing busts of George Washington and Ben Franklin)

We can't even think about being in first place, because you saw Washington lost two games last weekend. One game and we're tied. You got to bring it every night, you can't concede any game or just assume that we're going to win it.

We're all ranchers down here. We don't have the time to go to Washington on a set date. It's pretty costly.

We're bringing in addition reconnaissance means and others, and I think we are having an effect, ... As I said in Washington a couple of days ago, we're winning, Milosevic is losing, and he knows it.

We really need to win this ballgame. We are focusing on Washington County now.

We have some real deep holes this year, that's for sure. East had a great recruiting year; Cherry Hill West got stronger; Washington Township is stronger. We don't have the depth we have had (during the state championship runs). The challenge is to have everybody step up and do the best that they can do.

We must revamp K-12 education law to ensure Washington does not stand in the way of meaningful reforms.

When you're in Washington and voting, you don't have the one-on-one interaction with your constituents that you do when you are in the district working out of the district office. You can do phone calls and letters and things like that (in Washington), but you can do one-on-one things in the district.

We hate those in power in Washington D.C. and anything bad that happens to them is good for us.

We had five kids in the finals and three won titles. Washington also had five kids in the finals and had three champions. The difference was our overall depth.

We've made great strides in raising academic achievement during the past seven years. I am especially proud that Washington led the nation last year in reading scores for African-American fourth graders. African-American eighth graders in Washington scored better in math than in all but three states. We are closing the achievement gap.

With the exception of one or two people, all (32) are new people to participate (in government). There is a new excitement and a new momentum for Washington Parish.

With the US trade deficit expanding and the American auto sector in pretty bad shape, I don't think Japan would want to run the risk of upsetting Washington these days.

We know that this weekend is going to be a tough one for us. Last year we played them twice and the difference between the two teams in two matches was one goal. Eastern Washington is a hard-working, energetic team that is coming off a great result with BYU so there spirits are going to be high. They'll attempt to pressure us and really look to counter-attack on our play,

Today's vote is a serious setback to all those in the Washington community who sought the return of a team to the nation's capital. I regret very much that D.C. officials have failed to honor the agreement they made when they successfully bid for the Expos to move to Washington. Baseball has no choice but to pursue arbitration so the terms of our original agreement can be honored and to begin to explore whatever options are available to us.

We need to fight hard against a good, patient team like Washington State.

We never felt real comfortable that writing a big check to the American Red Cross would make a big difference. So we decided not only to leverage our financial donations but also leverage the resources we have in the Washington area and in Montgomery County. That would have a much bigger impact than leaving families in shelters. . . . We're more nimble.

We need help from Washington today to reduce the extraordinary prices for power we are paying, ... I'm taking care of the rest of it. ... But price, under the law we passed in 1996, is exclusively a matter for the federal government to resolve and they've dropped the ball big time.

We know they play slow basketball and put a lot of pressure on you and keep it that way for 40 minutes. But I think we're going to be all right. We showed who's the boss over there at Washington State and (we'll try) to do the same thing.

Unlike the Contract with America, which was created by Washington pollsters and insiders, Families First was developed from the grassroots up. Congressional Democrats from across the country spent months meeting with people back home, asking them what issues were important to them, and what Congress could do to make their lives a little easier.

We got off to a rough start in New York where I wasn't playing too much. Going to Washington I was having fun playing hockey again but got hurt. I got traded to L.A. and everything was a downward spiral.

The problem isn't the number of dollars Illinois gets back from Washington. It's the number of dollars Illinois sends Washington in the first place.

We have a very robust counter-terrorism operation here in LA, similar to New York and Washington because we are always a prime target,

We haven't asked for a bailout but we have asked for a lot of things and the reaction in Washington has been very slow.

The president has changed the way Washington talks about its job. Civility is back in Washington, and Democrats and Republicans can have a disagreement without being disagreeable, and that means that we can get work done for the American people.

The president has been filmed bicycling around the neighborhood and he has personally attested to spending time fishing and attending little-league baseball games. ... Keep in mind, also, that White House press secretary Scott McClellan recently proclaimed about the president's vacation in Crawford, that 'Spending time outside Washington gives the president a fresh perspective of what's on the minds of the American people. It's a time, really, for him to shed the coat and tie and meet with folks out in the heartland and hear what's on their minds.' Possibly, you may have to actually talk to people to find out what's on their mind.

The problem was that the Washington State Department of Transportation wanted a large roundabout that took too much property from the adjacent property owners.

We all pay federal taxes that we send to Washington and it is not unusual that as Americans we would expect some federal investment in the cities and metro areas because we're the ones that are generating the economic activity.

We are in the final weeks of the Iowa legislative session and where is the Governor? He's been in Florida, Washington D.C. and New York, just in the past four days. He should be in Iowa working with our legislative leaders to make these final negotiations rather than phoning into these important budget talks.

We are incredibly happy to be here today. We survived an incredible basketball game. Washington gave us everything we could ever imagine to handle. But we were able to withstand it and advance. And that is what you want to do in the NCAA Tournament.

Whether it be here or in Washington or anywhere else, there's somebody who has got something to say to the president, that's part of the job, ... And I think it's important for me to be thoughtful and sensitive to those who have got something to say. But I think it's also important for me to go on with my life, to keep a balanced life.

We are a bit worried that this bill will pre-empt some tough anti-spam laws in states like California, Washington and Virginia.