If you didn’t know that Washington, D.C., has an official “key to the city” — the ceremonial icon that mayors typically bestow on visiting dignitaries and homegrown honorees — you’re by no means alone. And that, for the moment at least, suits City Hall just fine. Soon after he moved into One Judiciary Square two years ago, Mayor Anthony
Several hours before sunrise on Friday, November 5, 1999, Mark Johnson entered Federal Building 3 in Suitland, Maryland, and went inside the ground-floor offices of the U.S. Census Monitoring Board. The previous evening, a subordinate had called Johnson, one of the board’s two executive directors, with the news that five badge-bearing federal agents had shown up at the office just before closing time and
On May 11, praising “his leadership skills and strategic vision,” Vice President Al Gore named Tony Coelho general chairman of Gore 2000, his presidential campaign organization. “Tony has been a great leader in every endeavor he has undertaken — government, business, and as an advocate for the disabled,” Gore said in the news release announcing the appointment. The release