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         <title><![CDATA[A Veteran Tour Guide]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Bert Caswell, a Baltimore native and one-time teacher, is a wonky history buff and well-suited for the job of taking visitors through the Capitol and its hallowed halls. In tours that can last for hours, Caswell expounds on his affection for the building and its architecture, mixing in details about late-night legislating and VIP visits.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[His Mission: Christian-Muslim Reconciliation]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Former Rep. Mark Siljander (R-Mich.) considers the reconciliation of Christians and Muslims the cause of his life.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ms. Truman's Murderous Legacy]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Before she passed away in January, Margaret Truman had published some 30 books, including 23 mysteries, all with titles that start with the word "murder." Yet Truman, in her recently published last crime novel, "Murder Inside the Beltway," still manages to develop a fresh storyline and some unusual characters.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lost &amp; Found: Power Lunch]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[In Roll Call's final installment of Lost &amp; Found, we get up close and personal with a migrating Cooper's hawk as it enjoys  a meal on Capitol Hill. But the questions is: Where is this fine dining establishment? ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lost &amp; Found: The Answer]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The hawk is dining on pigeon outside Roll Call's office on F Street Northwest.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[District Hosts a Week of Photo Mania]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Theo Adamstein, a local architect and photographer, had the idea about a year ago: to create a week highlighting local photographers and their achievements.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Images Illuminate Presidential Evolution]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln's legacy as the Great Emancipator is so indelibly stamped in many Americans' minds that it's easy to forget that he led a fascinating life prior to his rise to martyrdom. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[A Monumental Recovery]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[In the five months since he was struck by a car outside his parents' suburban Maryland home, Capitol Police Officer Aidan Sims has stayed full time in two hospitals and relied on a team of nurses to help him do even the most simple tasks of eating, brushing his teeth and getting dressed. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Small Plates: A Stimulating Plan For Area Appetites]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Has the economic crisis got you down?  As area restaurants roll out the deals to help customers get an extra bang for their buck, there's a silver lining to this dark cloud. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA['Blacklist' Details Red Scare Precursor]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[For critics of the Bush administration's far-reaching policies on terrorism, the leap from the Red Scare to the world of post-9/11 may not seem so great. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Remini's 'Short' History Packs Whole Lot of Punch ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[While describing his role as House historian, Robert Remini suddenly interrupts himself, lurches forward and raises his usually hushed voice. "Do you know people don't know how their government works?" ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Living a Kid's Life in FDR's White House ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As future first daughters Sasha and Malia Obama prepare for their move to the White House, a new book by Curtis Roosevelt describes what may lie ahead when they enter the presidential spotlight.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Artist's Photo Collages Span the Ages]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Artist Michael Barnard is one of those people who likes to dabble in just about everything.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hess Pens Transition Guidebook]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[For every president-elect who wished there was a how-to guide for the transition period, Stephen Hess has written a book just for them.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[H Street Activist Sees Obama Link]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[On Election Day, Anwar Saleem got up at 5 a.m. and took his sons, ages 18 and 23, to cast votes for Barack Obama, who was vying to be the first African-American president.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photos of the Week: Two Of a Kind]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) may not have spent much time on Capitol Hill this year, but now that he's just one of 100 again he made sure to attend the Republicans' weekly policy luncheon on Tuesday]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Heeding the Bikers' Call]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[At 6 every morning, Clay Rogers shuts off his alarm and looks out of the window of his Arlington, Va., apartment. If the sky is clear, he grabs a Nutri-Grain bar, throws on his biking gear and makes the 40-minute bicycle ride to Capitol Hill. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Revamped Museum Welcomes Guests ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[After two years away from home, Dorothy's ruby-red slippers have finally been returned to their home at the newly opened Smithsonian National Museum of American History.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Gettysburg Will Shine at Smithsonian]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Tucked away on the first floor of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History is an exhibit featuring three sheets of lined paper. It is such a simple display that it might be overshadowed by glitzier attractions.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hill Climbers: Latin Power]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[There has been much talk about the historic nature of this year's presidential election, particularly for African-Americans.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo From the Attic: The Retiring Types?]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[One Republican is leaving the Senate by choice, the other because his constituents decided they want someone new.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA['Disappeared' Not Forgotten]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The memories of the tens of thousands of "disappeared" Latin Americans have made their way to Washington.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo of the Week: Crypt Crowd]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[White House chiefs of staff are not often treated like rock stars, but that appears to be changing with President-elect Barack Obama tapping Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) for the job.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[A Kamikaze Pilot's Tale of Terrorism ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[On May 11, 1945, a 22-year-old Japanese pilot flew his plane into one of America's largest and most complex aircraft carriers. His nosedive into the USS Bunker Hill killed nearly 400 Americans and devastated a symbol of the nation's grandeur and naval prowess.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Gladwell Tackles Success]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Malcolm Gladwell, a former business reporter at the Washington Post and now a staff writer at the New Yorker, made his reputation as a social science popularizer in 2000 with the publication of "The Tipping Point" and in 2005 with "Blink."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mug Shots: An Expert's Adept Pour]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As the holiday party season gets underway, the bartender may be the most popular person in town.  ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Uniting the Divide of Barracks Row]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Twelve urban planning graduate students from the University of Maryland want to help solve one of Barracks Row's biggest problems: bridging the divide between its languishing southern end beyond the Interstate 295 overpass and its thriving northern blocks along Eighth Street Southeast.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[It's a Good Time to Remember Roosevelt]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Author H.W. Brands didn't plan to release his new biography of President Franklin  D. Roosevelt right as the American economy was dealt its worst crisis since FDR's time.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo of the Week: Room With a View]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[One of the Capitol Visitor Center's signature elements are the skylights that allow a dramatic view of the Capitol Dome from the underground structure. The CVC opens to the public on Tuesday.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA['Tis the Season for the Perfect Gift: A Capitol Musical Snow Globe ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Shopping for holiday gifts never seems to be an easy task, and for Washingtonians, it carries an additional burden — it seems that all those pesky out-of-town relatives expect their gifts to have a political twist.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo of the Week: When the Treetops Glisten]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[This year's Capitol Christmas Tree, hailing from the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana, was officially lit on the West Front lawn of the Capitol Tuesday night. The 70-foot subalpine fir is covered in energy-efficient light-emitting diodes.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Worth a Thousand Words]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[It's possible that the most striking portrait in the National Portrait Gallery's newest exhibit is not of President-elect Barack Obama or Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) but of Christine Roth.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Botanic Garden Celebrates in Green]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[For many Washingtonians, the holidays aren't complete without a trip to the Botanic Garden Conservatory to see the Capitol made out of dried plants.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Inauguration Plan Offers Revels for the People]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[It won't just be Oprah and the rest of the celebrity set getting the VIP treatment during the upcoming presidential inauguration.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Making It Even Verse]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[By the time the nation chose Barack Obama as the 44th president on Nov. 4, even the most ardent political observer had reason to be burnt out on election news. The relentless coverage of campaign minutia left no gaffe uncovered, no quip undissected and little room to appreciate the period's more trivial moments. But now that the long race has come to an end, a new book by Calvin Trillin offers a refreshing, humorous look back.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_63/hill_bookshelf/30644-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Give the Gift of a Great Read ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When a fruitcake can't be found and a  festive sweater just won't do, it's always a safe bet to head to the bookstore for that last-minute gift.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Andrew Jackson: a Lion With a Hickory Heart]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When Andrew Jackson became the seventh president of the United States, he already had lost his mother and father, his two brothers and his wife. It's hard to tell what particular effect this had on Jackson — he was a complex person to begin with, and in Jon Meacham's "American Lion," a biography of Jackson, it's clear that he had to deal with many problems throughout his lifetime.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo of the Week: One Step at a Time]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Franklin Raines, the former chief executive officer of Fannie Mae, makes his way into the Rayburn House Office Building for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Tuesday on the collapse of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Tailors to the Presidents]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A good Washington, D.C., tailor votes but never reveals his political leanings. Yet he intuitively understands something about politics: When asked about his competition, he makes sure the questioner knows the man does not deserve to be in his position.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Inauguration Doyenne Plans Again]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As Washington, D.C., braces for millions of visitors to flood the city streets for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, one doyenne remembers another magical time: the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hill Talk: Eastern Market Fund Used on Levee Fixes]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Mayor Adrian Fenty intends to move $2 million slated for a project to reconstruct Eastern Market and use it for the construction of a new levee system next to 17th Street Northwest, between the World War II Memorial and Constitution Avenue. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hill Climbers: Strategic Move]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When opportunity — unsought though it was — knocked, Jonathan Renfrew was quick to open the door. The former chief of staff for Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) said he "wasn't actively looking for a new job" but decided a chance to head the government law and strategies division at the international law firm Brown Rudnick was too good to pass up. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Put Some Sparkle in Date Night]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As Congress prepares to take its holiday break and parts of the city dim, some of D.C.'s treasures light up for the season. Use the opportunity to take that special someone on a moonlit (or tree-lit) date and enjoy all that Washington, D.C., has to offer this time of year.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Visions of Cherry Blossoms Dance in These Heads]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[With its dancing cherry blossoms, British redcoats and Barnum circus clowns, the Washington Ballet's performance of "The Nutcracker" is anything but typical.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[C-SPAN Series Peeks Into Hidden White House]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When President-elect Barack Obama moves into the White House in January, he will bring more with him than just a new style of governing (and that much-talked-about puppy).]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Small Plates: Holiday Bargains]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[There's good news for the budget-conscious foodie: Capital Restaurants will be offering three-course holiday menus for $24 at their six area restaurants. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo From the Attic: After the Flames]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When British forces set fire to the Capitol in the evening hours of Aug. 24, 1814, the unfinished building consisted of two wings connected by a wooden causeway. This rare drawing of the fire-ravaged building by George Munger is considered one of the most significant and compelling images of the early republic. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Minority Report ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Jared Polis knows that he stands out from most of the rest of his freshman class. "I'm one of the wealthiest, gayest and youngest," the Colorado Democrat says. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Presidential Speechwriters Anticipate a New Era]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Millions of people are expected to descend on Washington in a few weeks to hear President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration speech and get a glimpse of the new president's vision for the next administration. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Staffers Seek Hill Inspiration]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[It's noon on a Friday, and Tom Jones has just laid out a spread for this week's Torah study session. Staffers filter into the conference room of South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint's office and help themselves to pita, hummus and Entenmann's chocolate chip cookies before the meeting begins.]]></description>
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