Washington, D.C., United States (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"“Travels is about getting unstranded, about going to the ends of the earth and the edges of experience in order to see oneself for the first time. His chronicle has the twin virtues of being entertaining and, in the best sense of the word, unsettling.” —Washington Post Book World"

"They were mostly in their thirties and forties, practical people: a businessman from Washington,"

"Martin, the diplomatic man, said, “We can’t get visas from the Zaire Embassy in Washington in time.”"

"Rehoboth is known as the nation’s summer capital because of its popularity with people from the DC area, which is roughly two hours away."

"I recommend a book by Tom Rosenstiel: Shining City, the first in a series about a Washington fixer hired to vet a Supreme Court nominee."

"His manager, early in the NASA support, came to see me at my office in Washington and he said, "I want to talk to you about Doug. Why are you funding him?"

"Mark Pincus: Sean Parker came and worked for Freeloader in the summer of ’96 when he was fourteen. We were the only internet company in DC, and Freeloader was, for a minute, the first viral phenomenon on the internet."

"A printed section notes, 'Airbus had lobbied heavily, both in Beijing and Washington, for the sale."

"All over. New York, Washington, Seattle, Chicago . . . all over."

"It's more than just the ads they take. It's more than their relentless PR machine drumming out of Washington, or the local lobbying and the campaign contributions to political figures and organizations."

"Company after company gets sold, and nobody in Washington says boo."

"But now there are difficulties, as we feared. I think now we make a cause for Americans. In Washington, some people are upset."

"You know what they spend in Washington every year? Four hundred million fucking dollars a year."

"She's always traveling. New York, Washington, Seattle . . . she meets him. She's madly in love with him."

"And the Japanese spend half a billion a year in Washington, to keep everybody calmed down."

"But over the telephone, the Costa Rican guard had been distinctly cautious— undoubtedly calls would go back and forth between San José and Washington before help was finally sent to the island."

"You can’t get decent Mexican food in DC."

"Now of course there was the prospect of Jennifer Haynes, but she had a boyfriend, she lived in DC, and…he knew it would never work."

"So, what’re you doing now? Going back to DC and your boyfriend?"

"We looked at stories in the newspapers of New York, Washington, Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle."

"At the conference in Washington, during the question period, Ehrlich was reminded that after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, scientists were quoted as saying nothing would grow there for 75 years."

"Morjorie L. Reaka-Kudia, et al., Biodiversity II, Understanding and Protecting our Biological Resources, Washington: National Academies Press, 1997."

"“Given under my hand at the city of Washington, this twentieth day of June, 1803. “Thomas Jefferson, “President of the United States of America.””"

"…if he found that Mr. Henry was on the Assiniboin river, to go thither and deliver him a letter, the object of which was to prevail on the most distinguished chiefs of the Sioux to accompany him to Washington."

"not exceeding six, to visit Washington. Both of them were instructed to inquire particularly after the fate of our party, no intelligence having been received from us during a long time."

"Before going to Washington, Oliver found time to run up to Concord."

"After Adam joined the army and Cyrus moved to Washington, Charles lived alone on the farm."

"…of sick cows and a foaling mare, of the added pasture and the lightning-struck barn, of Alice’s choking death from her consumption and his father’s move to a permanent paid position in the G.A.R. in Washington."

"In February of 1894 when a thick letter came from a firm of attorneys in Washington the postmaster thought it might be important."

"They traveled together to Washington to look at the grave, good stone and on top an iron star with seal and a hole on the top in which to insert the stick for a little flag on Decoration Day."

"(So Miss Destiny lones it to Washington D.C. where she makes it with men who think shes Real. And when they reach That Point in the cramped car she must insist on, she will say no honey not that, I have got the rag on—she will of course be welltaped."

"Professor Hammer invited me to dinner the next Saturday night at his house, the occasion being Claude’s imminent return to Washington."

"…given the popularity of his books, the frequency of his appearances on the Sunday morning talk shows, and the prestige of his position as a resident scholar at a Washington think tank."

"She kept out Hill to Washington, turned west on Washington to Western."

"And a little later we get the routine report on his prints from Washington, and he’s got a prior back in Indiana, attempted hold-up six years ago."

"I opened another letter. This one wanted to send me a daily newsletter from Washington, all inside stuff, straight from the cookhouse."

"Oregon, Washington,Canada."

"“That program ended up being featured at a conference in D.C.—a national highlight.”"

"When you were sixteen you went on a trip to Washington, D.C., to visit your uncle—your mom’s brother."

"Washington, D.C., with its wide streets, confounding roundabouts, marble statues, Doric columns, and domes, is supposed to feel like ancient Rome..."

"The marchers on Washington become civil rights zombies, one hundred thousand strong, somnambulating lockstep onto the mall, stretching out their stiff, needy fingers for their pound of flesh."

"Washington, D.C., is fairly muggy this time of year, but it’s mild, damn near frigid, inside the courthouse, yet I have to open a window anyway—to let out all the smoke and five years of judicial system frustration."

"Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1997."

"Tokyo, Switzerland, Los Angeles, San Juan. Or perhaps you have a good friend in New York or Washington. That would be much more convenient. And cheaper."

"if Mr. Ward decided to accept the position, he should plan to come to Washington for a week in January, and be prepared to take the field as early in the spring as the weather would allow."

"Shep, my oldest brother, went East when he finished Central High and the last I heard of him he was in the rackets in Washington, D.C."

"…to accompany him to the city of Washington."

"Of course the National Environmental Resource Fund was headquartered in Washington, DC, but they had recently opened a west coast office, in Beverly Hills."

"“I had them FedExed from DC.”"

"BASED ON LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA–OREGON–WASHINGTON–BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME AREAS OREGON–WASHINGTON–BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES."

"So I figured to set out for Japhy's shack in March to be nearer Washington for my summer job."

"And what if they wanted tonogrtoh, try for a better life in Oonregor Washingtnoor Canada?"

"Parable of the Sower WashingtonandOregoncountiesintomy pack."

"I don't know. Oregon or Washington? Canada? Alaska?"

"Or perhaps he just had enough money to buy a place for himself in Washington or Canada or Alaska."