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ISSUE: November 15, 2009
Articles about Congress
Word Of Mouth
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5-15-2007
Going to Austin? Then ditch the guidebook and listen to these famous locals as they invite you to explore the city their way.Will Wynn Mayor "Go to the Continental C...
Article Excerpts:
...springs.htm Bats under
Congress
Bridge 100 Congress Avenue Broken Spoke 3201...
...springs.htm Bats under Congress Bridge 100
Congress
Avenue Broken Spoke 3201 South Lamar...
...478-2420 Continental Club 1315 South
Congress
Avenue (512) 441-0202,...
Just Back From: Austin Texas
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2-15-2009
MY FRIEND, SEATED next to me at the bar, leaned forward as though he had a secret. I’d told him I was soon to leave for a weekend in Austin. He is a University of Texas graduate, and I thought he’d be pleased.
Article Excerpts:
...when asked and said, “Maybe South
Congress
.” So it was that I pulled onto South...
...it was that I pulled onto South
Congress
Avenue, the heart of the...
...open-courtyard feel of California to the South
Congress
Avenue thoroughfare. Its decline was sealed when...
Your Austin City Limits Survival Guide
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9-15-2009
Heading to Texas for this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival? Get ready for three days of music, food, and fun. But the experience can be overwhelming for first-time attendees. Here’s what you should know before you go.
Article Excerpts:
...flophouse in Austin’s hip South
Congress
neighborhood. (1220 South Congress Avenue,...
... Congress neighborhood. (1220 South
Congress
Avenue, www.austinmotel.com) ...
...in an urban bungalow-type setting. (1316 South
Congress
Avenue, www.sanjosehotel.com) ...
Tread Lightly
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10-1-2007
Shrink your carbon footprint and make Mother Earth happy by figuring out where you stand and how to lessen your impact.
Article Excerpts:
...Two bills currently under consideration in
Congress
are the Safe Climate Act in the House of...
Hot Ink & High Notes
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4-1-2002
Our take on new releases printed and recorded.
Article Excerpts:
...by Nicholas Dawidoff (Library of
Congress
, $35) According to Roger Angell, baseball is...
Things You Should Know: Hdtv
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5-1-2005
1) Yes, analog TV is on the way out. The FCC ordered a phased transition to digital TV, and Congress is mulling a “hard date” bill that would cut off analog signals after 2006. 2) HDTV isn’t the only flavor of digital television — there’s a...
Article Excerpts:
...ordered a phased transition to digital TV, and
Congress
is mulling a “hard date”...
The Fish Rule
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9-15-2002
Like fish, houseguests start to go bad after 72 hours. Unless you’re the Andersons. It’s the off-season for houseguests. Summer vacation is over, winter holidays are still to come. It’s a good time to assess our perform-ance and build f...
Article Excerpts:
...miraculous. Houseguest ranks up there with
Congress
, teenagers, and taxes as among the scariest...
Lance Armstrong's Austin
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3-1-2002
Sports supreme road warrior takes a weekend spin through Texas capital city.
Article Excerpts:
... NIGHTLIFE "The Continental Club on South
Congress
is an Austin landmark. Everybody''s played there.
Eternal Hope
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5-1-2003
Comedian Bob Hope turns 100 this month, but his legacy has long since outdistanced time.
Article Excerpts:
...first and only honorary veteran by order of
Congress
; u.s. navy ship bob hope christened; u.s. air...
The Military's Money Men
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8-1-2003
The U.S. Defense Department as venture capitalist? Yep. It invests billions every year in wacky tech projects and sometimes that R&D scores big.
By
JOHN CARROLL
Article Excerpts:
...Awareness," and it''s being studied by
Congress
. In the meantime, the research...
Pretzel Logic
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2-1-2004
Before you call me subversive, let me state at the outset that I have nothing against snack food. When it comes to the inalienable right to gorge oneself on salty, fried, high-calorie, chemical-laced, heart-clogging foodstuffs, I am a strict adheren...
Article Excerpts:
... to the Constitution, which states, and I quote: "
Congress
shall make no law abridging the deglutition of...
10 To Watch
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2-1-2004
they're leading MCI and the SEC, building smart chips and supercomputers and spacecraft. they're 10 people who should be on your radar screen this year.
Article Excerpts:
...could open a new frontier. Testifying before
Congress
last year, Elon Musk made an observation that...
Chambers' Law
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12-1-2004
Some say anything that can go wrong will. Ciscos John Chambers says anything wrong eventually will go right. As a man whos gone from hero to heel and back in just a few short years, he should know.
Article Excerpts:
...- a solution proposed in bills currently before
Congress
. This will ensure that all companies will have...
Rock Stars Of Business
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11-1-2004
they've got rabid fans. they're publicity hounds. A single conversation with them can cost $100,000. No, they're not celebrities they're the ...
ROCK STARS OF BUSINESS
Article Excerpts:
...professors in Harvard''s history. He has advised
Congress
, leading trade organizations, and business...
Sweet Kentucky Brown
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6-15-2005
Having undergone an extreme makeover in the last few years, bourbon can be found in a lot more places than the bottom of a tumbler of Coke. Where to look? Head to the Bluegrass State.
Pop quiz: What’s the national drink of the United...
Article Excerpts:
...of me." The answer, passed by way of an act of
Congress
in 1964, is bourbon, the Kentucky version of...
History Does Repeat Itself - Over And Over
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12-15-2007
Music reissuing gives the phrase
Play It Again, Sam
a whole new meaning.
Article Excerpts:
...I think we''re a little bit of a Library of
Congress
and a Smithsonian." Berkowitz steadfastly...
News Flash
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4-15-2008
A colossal museum dedicated to giving a worthy place in history to those who cover history as it happens opens the doors of its impressive new home. -- Joseph Guinto...
Article Excerpts:
...and the Capitol dome, with the Library of
Congress
and the Supreme Court behind it.
...
Lodging Update
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6-15-2002
HISTORIC HOTELS Celebrate American Tradition Via Travel To These Milestone-Marking Classics
CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY:
Presidents Harrison, Buchanan, and Grant summered at the 1816-built
Congress Hall
in seaside Cape May...
Article Excerpts:
...Buchanan, and Grant summered at the 1816-built
Congress
Hall in seaside Cape May. After a 50-year fade...
Luke Wilson's Austin
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6-15-2003
When he's not appearing on-screen in films like
Legally Blonde 2
, this native of the Lone Star State with leading man looks can often be found hanging out in his favorite Texas town.
Article Excerpts:
...“Las Manitas on
Congress
is a good little Mexican place with chorizo and...
... at By George.” NATURE “The
Congress
Avenue Bridge is where all the bats live.
...doing a video of Willie Nelson on
Congress
Avenue.’ You know, Willie’s...
Time Travel
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9-15-2003
The footprints of the American Revolution are still deep enough to follow. Grab the family and take a traveling history lesson.
Article Excerpts:
...place for members of the first Continental
Congress
, the Thomas Jefferson 1774 Ale and George...