Restaurants, inns, speciality retail shops, and professional services also play an important role in Washington's economy, as do educational institutions.

One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and global economy and development.

During Spellman's four-year term of office, Washington's economy suffered a serious recession marked by rising unemployment and disappointing tax revenues.

The riots utterly devastated Washington's inner city economy.

Klickitat is located in Washington's 4th congressional district, which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R + 13 and has been represented by Republican Doc Hastings since 1995.

In the United States House of Representatives Grays Harbor is part of Washington's 6th congressional district, which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D + 5 and is represented by Norman D. Dicks.

Suburbanization and urban sprawl has plagued Spokane in past decades despite Washington's use of urban growth boundaries ; the city ranks low among major Northwest cities in population density and smart growth.

George Washington's words may seem hard and cold today, but history has proven him right again and again.

Barbour has been described as " one of Washington's all-time mega-lobbyists.

WSU Extension has offices in each of Washington's 39 counties, providing training and assistance in agricultural practices, natural resource management, human and life skills, diversity understanding and outreach, the state 4-H program, and many other programs.

The Connor Museum has its roots in an 1894 gift of the state of Washington's exhibits from the Chicago's World's Fair, encouraged by then President of the Board of Regents Charles R. Conner.

" They note: " Despite the claims that the press has an adversarial relationship with the government, in truth U. S. media generally follow Washington's official line.

The new Newseum has become one of Washington's most popular destinations, and its high definition television studios hosts news broadcasts including ABC's This Week.

Images of the mansion may be found in the book " Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings " by James W. Goode, and in several books in the collection of the Historical Society of Washington, D. C. A descendant ( Edward Sisson ) of the family that owned the mansion throughout its existence has posted a collection of paintings, drawings, photos, and histories of the mansion on-line in an " album " titled " Worthington House and Brentwood Mansion " on a Mac Web Gallery site.

Although considered Washington's most common finch, the Pine Siskin has suffered a significant annual decline in population since 1966, according to the Breeding Bird Survey.

David Adam Smith ( born June 15, 1965 ), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing Washington's 9th congressional district.

More recently, Lowry has been active in building affordable housing for Washington's migrant farm workers.

Considered one of Washington's most desirable living spaces, the Watergate has been popular with members of Congress and political appointees in the executive branch since it opened.

However, his image has been undermined with the media suggesting that Allawi was Washington's puppet ( e. g. Newsweek :" Iraq's New S. O.

In political discourse, " K Street " has become a metonym for Washington's lobbying industry since many lobbying firms were traditionally located on the section in Northwest Washington which passes from Georgetown through a portion of downtown D. C ..

SR 599 became a state highway in 1971, but has been part of Washington's older highway system ( Primary and Secondary Highways ) from 1957 to 1970.

* Arkansas has established the third Monday in February as " George Washington's Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day ", an official state holiday.

Both of President Barack Obama's daughters, Sasha and Malia, attend Sidwell, which has been described as " the Harvard of Washington's private schools ".

Washington's attorney general has also brought lawsuits against Securelink Networks, High Falls Media and the makers of Quick Shield.

It has a coat of arms engraved in stone in the porch and another painted in scarlet of the roof interior that is precisely the same as George Washington's coat of arms, showing stars and stripes.

The Mayflower's lounge, Town & Country, has long been a social center for Washington's elite.

He has penned seventeen plays including George Washington's Boy, a historical drama about the relationship between the first president and his favorite slave, along with the comedy Lemon Meringue Facade.

From the grand opening and barbecue, Washington's Birthday 1911, Van Nuys was sold as " The Town That Started Right ," plotted with set-asides for a high school and commitments to build important buildings " first ," including the Bank of Van Nuys, changed but still standing on the southwest corner of Van Nuys Blvd.

The school's name was almost immediately changed to link his with Washington's.

Under Washington's portrait, was changed to.

" Jabbar would later play an important role in the fight that changed Washington's life.

It looked like the Washington Capitals were going to tie the series with a 4-2 lead in the third period, but after a Detroit goal to make it 4-3, Washington Capitals forward Esa Tikkanen had a shot midway through the third period that would have all but put Detroit away before the venue changed back to Washington's MCI Center, and also would have changed the entire dynamic of the series, but he missed the open net shot.

Most recently, in 1999, the college changed its name formally to The Corcoran College of Art and Design and has established itself as Washington's singular four-year accredited institution for education in the arts.

It changed its call letters in 1951 to WGMS, which stood for " Washington's Good Music Station " ( that slogan had been used on the station several years before ).

According to his granddaughter, Jamie Lee Nudie ( a self-promoter in her own right who changed her last name to her grandfather's first name ), he would often pay for items with dollar bills sporting a sticker of his face covering George Washington's.

Foreign policy themes were expressed considerably in George Washington's farewell address ; these included among other things, observing good faith and justice towards all nations and cultivating peace and harmony with all, excluding both " inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others ", " steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ", and advocating trade with all nations.

The layout and visual character of the Depot were also radically altered, and the village center assumed its contemporary appearance, which varies considerably from Washington's traditional architectural vernacular.

A 2008 expedition from the University of Washington's School of Oceanography collected sediment cores from the lagoon to study climate change over the last millennium.

Some notable moments in the rivalry include Washington's victory over Dallas in the 1982 NFC Championship and the latter's 1989 win over the Redskins for their only victory that season.

* July 25: In accordance with President Washington's directions, " the books, records, and papers of the late Congress, the Great Seal of the Federal Union, and the Seal of the Admiralty " were delivered over to Roger Alden, deputy secretary of the new Congress, who had been designated by President Washington as custodian for the time being.

Washington's press secretary, Alton Miller, had been discussing school board issues with the mayor when Washington suddenly slumped over on his desk, falling unconscious.

The painting hangs over Washington's pew, across the room from a painting of the arms of New York over the Governor's pew.

It dealt with Washington's concern over communism's domino effect, it enabled a media-sensitive presentation of the doctrine that won bipartisan support, and it mobilized American economic power to modernize and stabilize unstable regions without direct military intervention.

The film received generally negative reviews, with a 22 % " rotten " rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the consensus being " Washington's performance rises above the material, but John Q pounds the audience over the head with its message.

In 1835 he began as a showman with his purchase and exhibition of a blind and almost completely paralyzed slave woman, Joice Heth, claimed by Barnum to have been George Washington's nurse, and to be over 160 years old.

Early on the morning of December 14, 1963, Washington's seventh husband Lane went to sleep with his wife, and awoke later to find her slumped over and not responsive.

On September 4, 2004, Washington's Bellevue High School and California's De La Salle High School played in front of over 25, 000, a state high school event attendance record.

One of Washington's officers, thinking he was dead, as he was in between both lines, exposed from fire on both sides, pulled his hat over his eyes, but when the smoke cleared, Washington appeared, unharmed, waving his men forward.

Following Washington's death and the battle over who would succeed the deceased Mayor, Gutiérrez voted for African-American Alderman Timothy C. Evans over machine-backed Alderman Eugene Sawyer.

At the bridge over Westchester Creek, now represented by an unobtrusive steel and concrete span at East Tremont Avenue near Westchester Avenue, General Howe did make an unsuccessful effort to cut off Washington's troops, 12 October 1776: when the British approached, the Americans ripped up the plank bridge and opened a heavy fire that forced Howe to withdraw and change his plans ; six days later he landed troops at Rodman's Neck to the north, on the far side of Eastchester Bay.

Lee's command was taken over by John Sullivan, who finished marching the army to Washington's camp across the river from Trenton.

So, during both of his stints as Washington's head coach, Gibbs started the tradition of having the Redskins wear white uniforms over burgundy pants for all their home games.

Greenlee awarded the pennant to the Crawfords, over Washington's protests.

The action lasted 25 minutes and was over by 1 a. m., and proved to be the major engagement of Washington's army in 1779.

The State Legislature was deeply divided over how to address an alarming revenue shortfall, but did agree to an increase in Washington's statewide sales tax rate from 5. 5 % to 6. 5 %.

On January 1, 1992, Brunell played a small role ( but threw a touchdown pass to Mario Bailey ) in Washington's second straight Rose Bowl victory, this time over the University of Michigan.

The conference center hosts over 1, 200 events each year, including many of Washington's annual social galas such as the Washington International Trade Association's Annual Dinner, and formerly including the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Washington Square ArchIn 1889, to celebrate the centennial of George Washington's inauguration as president of the United States, a large plaster and wood Memorial Arch was erected over Fifth Avenue just north of the park.