Word: 19th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...presidential campaign--the 19th TIME has covered--was not your typical race for the White House. There was no overarching issue, no sharp ideological division. The outcome, it seemed, was determined less by what Bill Clinton and Bob Dole said than by how they said it, and when...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "From all we can tell, the Republican vision of 'opportunity' is not unlike that satirized by Victor Hugo in the 19th century--the notion that all Parisians, whether rich or poor, were equal in having the right to decide whether they wished to live under the bridges along the Seine...
...19th District is a mix of Old West machismo and Sun Belt sophistication--home to oil, Cowboy Mornings, agribusiness and Texas Tech. Like the district's economic prosperity, Combest's political success comes from expertise in old and new technologies: he was John Tower's agricultural-affairs specialist, is a member of the Agriculture Committee and chairman of the Select Intelligence Committee...
From the early 19th century to about 1960, Vermont avoided much of the Industrial Revolution. Many natives of what had been the crusty home of the Green Mountain Boys (who drove the British from the land that would become Vermont) hightailed it to economically and meteorologically balmier climes. This gave the state a legacy of sparsely settled natural beauty, which, over the past three decades, fostered a population increase of more than 48%. It was a liberal migration that contributed to a small political revolution: a state that was one of only two to vote against Roosevelt...
...first state of the old Midwest, Wisconsin has long been on the forefront of political change. The G.O.P. has roots to the progressive politics of 19th century German settlers, and the state's welfare system served as a model for the 1996 national welfare-reform bill. In a state known for harsh winters and short summers, favorite pastimes include watching hockey and the Green Bay Packers with their devoted "Cheesehead" fans. The Badger State has nine House seats, and with two being vacated by the G.O.P. and another held by a freshman, the Republicans need an escape act similar...