Indeed, the story was widely available in Washington legal circles for at least 20 years, without perturbation, until it appeared in print.

And there's also a subtle kind of pressure in Washington circles to seem to know what you actually don't-to be one of the insiders.

As Washington circles this tough issue, problems with immigration only grow.

Within the campaign there is often less certainty about the candidate's thinking than can be found in many Washington circles.

It was the first time that he has used "likely" to describe what has long been obvious in Washington political circles.

And though he wasn't popular in Washington social circles, politicians respected him for his integrity and organizational ability.

Fortas was known in Washington circles to have a serious interest in psychiatry, still a controversial science at the time.

Since then he has been seen in Washington political circles as a maverick.

In the 1892 map of Washington circle, one can see the detailed structure of buildings present then.

Mr. Kavanaugh, 33, is regarded as a rising star in Washington legal circles.