But an official says the church calls itself the Washington National Cathedral because many services of national interest have been held there.

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In some areas, American academic thinking has proved more influential with New Labour than it has in Washington itself.

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In Washington itself, as you'd expect, this overzealousness is even more intense.

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And even in Washington itself, Lamar Alexander, a senior Republican senator, recently quit his leadership post so he could devote more time to forging consensus and working across the aisle.

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