City Museum to Close Its Galleries- October 17, 2004 The beleaguered City Museum of Washington has decided to close its exhibit galleries next spring, terminating the museum aspects of the multimillion-dollar project that has struggled to find an audience and a distinct voice.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18694-2004Oct8.html?nav=rss_style Generating Hollywood Heat in D.C.- October 17, 2004 Shooting began yesterday on "Syriana," a geopolitical thriller, starring George Clooney and Matt Damon, in front of Cardoza Senior High School, with co-star Jeffrey Wright, a Southeast Washington native, jogging on a sidewalk.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54996-2004Aug10.html?nav=rss_style Washington Drank Here- October 17, 2004 According to a new display at Mount Vernon, the Father of Our Country wasn't just America's first president, he was also the first ex-president to get into the whiskey-making business in a big way.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60580-2004Sep29.html?nav=rss_style Those Good Old-Time Olympics- October 17, 2004 Everybody's getting all fired up because the 2004 Olympics will be held in Greece, where the Olympics were invented nearly 28 centuries ago, but they just don't make Olympics like they did back in 700 B.C.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39935-2004Jul9.html?nav=rss_style Popular Newscaster Taken Off Late Night Show- October 17, 2004 Gordon Peterson, who for 33 years has anchored Channel 9's 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts, remains co-host of earlier show at the once dominant Gannett-owned station, which is continuing its battle with declining ratings.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24351-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_style American Grandstand- October 17, 2004 An occasional look at the language of politics Today's phrase:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30915-2004Jul31.html?nav=rss_style History's New Look- October 17, 2004 Creators hope the National Museum of the American Indian will attract as many as 6 million visitors a year.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16880-2004Sep12.html?nav=rss_style Two-Eggs, No-Potatoes Famous- October 17, 2004 NEW YORK -- Elizabeth Edwards is sitting at the Broadway Diner on Friday morning, trying to divulge something fresh about herself. She is trying to muster some piece of information -- pure and pristine and hitherto unknown -- that gets beyond the shorthand of her newly famous profile.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58447-2004Jul17.html?nav=rss_style From Cold War To Code Red, The Aura of Fear- October 17, 2004 Back then, there were blacklists. Now, we've got no-fly lists. Then, we had the Doomsday Clock. Now, we've got the looming Code Red terror alert.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12910-2004Sep10.html?nav=rss_style Blaze of Glory- October 17, 2004 CAIRO -- The first thing you need for an old-fashioned Fourth of July flag burning is an American flag, which isn't easy to come by in a land where there's no love of America, no surplus of American flags and occasional flag burnings. Cotton is king here in Egypt, where a fine, breathable, thick-weave cotton shirt costs only 20 bucks or so. But perhaps out of respect for the nation's famous luxury export, when they torch flags, they use some kind of nylon blend, which ignites quickly and burns.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28006-2004Jul4.html?nav=rss_style |