Tag: Washington

  • Pact in South Africa Zulu Party to Take Part in Election

    By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and GENE MUSTAIN, Daily News Staff Writers | Wednesday, April 20, 1994 PRETORIA—In a last-minute about-face that won him little more than he was offered 10 days and dozens of political killings ago, Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi yesterday agreed to take part in next week’s first all-race election. With…

  • A question for McCain's fans in the press corps

    What About the Curve? By Josh Marshall, 08.04.08 — 11:30AM Out of general fondness, the Washington press corps (which is not just a phrase but a definable community of people) has for almost a decade graded John McCain on a curve, especially in the last eighteen months when he’s slipped perceptibly. Now, in response to…

  • The News

    Ozier Mohammed/The New York Times Barack Obama campaigning at a diner in Maine, where Democrats caucus Sunday. BREAKING NEWS 10:09 PM ET: Television Networks Project Obama Will Win Louisiana Obama Wins Nebraska and Washington; uckabee Wins G.O.P. Caucuses in Kansas By KATE ZERNIKE and PAUL VITELLO 33 minutes ago Barack Obama defeated his rival, Hillary…

  • Normal City? Are You Nuts?

    December 12, 1996 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and JANE FURSE, Daily News Staff Writers New York ain’t normal, according to a new book — whereas Orange County, Calif., is. That’s Orange County as in Disneyland and the biggest municipal bankruptcy in history. Whaddaya mean New York is the “most abnormal” of American cities? Merely a…