Regardie's Magazine articles from February 1992

Regardie's Magazine archives from February 1992

Statehood now! (Washington, D.C.) (Cover Story)
February 1, 1992... At the same time, though, I'm encouraged. Because for the first time in my life, I think it's possible to do something about this scandal. Statehood for Washington isn't the pipe dream you might think it is. The change doesn't require...

What the hell happened to the Journal papers? (Times Journal Co. of Springfield, Virginia)
February 1, 1992... ARLINGTON, VA. (September 1991)--Gannett Company, the media giant, has purchased the Journal newspapers of suburban Washington, a chain of five dailies that has been battered by the recession and mismanagement. The papers were sold by...

It works for all of them. (United Way luxury scandal)
February 1, 1992... You know the folks at United Way. They put your boss on their board, invite him to black-tie galas, hand him plaques to honor his community service, and get him to force you to contribute your money to their causes. Is there anyone in the...

The strange case of Thomas Morris: a drug lord's consigliere or a prosecutor's trophy?
February 1, 1992... IF YOU ASK FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ABOUT THOMAS Morris, they'll tell you he's a sleazy species of lawyer who did the dirty work for a drug mogul and then got what he deserved: 13 years in jail. If you ask other lawyers in Northern Virginia...

Confessions of a news producer: why I quit the wacky world of Channel 5. (WTTG-TV, Washington, D.C.)
February 1, 1992... I NEVER DREAMED I'D TAKE A bullet for Ted Kennedy. But when I heard about Mary Jo Kopechne's cousin, I knew my career was about to go careening off a bridge. For five and a half year's I'd been the producer of WTTG/Channel 5's "10...

Blood and Gore: the last gasp of the threadbare aristocrats. (Louise Gore's 'Marwood' estate in Potomac, Maryland)
February 1, 1992... LOUISE GORE WAS A TEENAGER WHEN SHE REALIZED THAT SHE WASN'T LIKE YOU OR ME. She was rich, the daughter of a Depression-era real estate tycoon, but her station in life never really dawned on her until the first time she rode down the...

My disastrous debut. (live-TV anecdote)
February 1, 1992... THE MORE REDSKINS SEASONS I GO through--which is about as good a way as any to determine the real age of those of us who live around here--the more I become convinced that a passage from the late bard, brother Billy Shakespeare, is about as...

And the winners are ... the Institute of Business Designers presents corporate Washington's best looks.
February 1, 1992... IN WASHINGTON, THE RECESSION HAS HIT REAL ESTATE harder than any other industry, and it's sent the designers of commercial interiors scrambling for work. But while the quantity of projects has dropped precipitously, the quality of the...

Regardie's - NAIOP report. (Association for Commercial Real Estate local lobbying efforts)
February 1, 1992... Although office-space construction in Washington is in a deep slumber these days, developers and others in the real estate industry haven't closed their eyes to legislative and economic development issues. The region's two biggest real...

Howard County. (Regional Report - Maryland)
February 1, 1992... HOWARD COUNTY IS PROVING that the recession isn't all bad. The county, located midway between Washington and Baltimore, is in a good geographical position to land companies that are consolidating in an effort to become more efficient during...

Federal reserve: a Washington classic is transformed into a homey, understated residence. (Home & Garden - Decorating)
February 1, 1992... RHODA HOENMANS AND her husband, Paul, an executive with Mobil Oil Corporation, have lived in 18 different places--including Canada (where she was born), England, Germany, and New York City. When Mobil moved to Fairfax County in 1989, the...

Classic drama: a Victorian on Logan Circle soars. (Home & Garden - Remodeling)
February 1, 1992... TOM AND KATHI LOUGHLIN knew one thing about the three-story Victorian row house in Logan Circle when they bought it more than two years ago: its tiny galley kitchen had to go. [paragrap]According to Kathi Loughlin, who is the principal cook...

Prince William County. (Regional Report - Virginia)
February 1, 1992... OF PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY has its way, the prosperity of the mid and late 1980s will be coming back in the early 1990s. The county's board of supervisors recently adopted an economic development plan that sets as its goal the stimulation...