Word: arizona
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...spectrum are long-term cohabiting couples who don't want to marry at all. At the opposite end are couples in Louisiana and Arizona, the two states that offer covenant marriages, who have opted to back up their marriage vows with tougher, legally mandated divorce standards. In between are lovers at every point on the continuum, from those who live together briefly before marriage as a test of compatibility to those who wed only after long and searching courtships. Many of these are strategies to avoid divorce, says David Popenoe, professor of sociology and co-director of the National Marriage...
...couple are among the less than 4% of Louisiana's newlyweds who have opted for the state's two-year-old covenant marriage--an idea considered last year by 19 other states, all of which, except Arizona, voted it down. Louisiana's covenant union differs from the standard one by requiring premarital counseling and, for divorce (absent grievous fault), two years of living apart plus mandated marital counseling. "The desire was to make marriage more committed," says Louisiana State University law professor Katherine Spaht, who wrote the legislation...
Well, not exactly. In Arizona, crazies already love "wasteland golf"--played entirely in the desert. Another variation, speed golf, requires players to cover a standard course as quickly as possible, by running between shots. One-club golf--a favorite Tiger Woods practice routine--mandates the use of a single club from tee to cup. Frisbee golf claims more than 16,000 players worldwide...
...last 24 hours, the most hastily scribbled mash notes have been about John McCain. The madness started this week on Tuesday when Governor Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania called McCain late in the afternoon to sound out the Arizona senator on the vice presidential matter. That Ridge was making the call at all was notable. Once considered a prime choice for the spot himself, Ridge suggested that he was now out of the running - his pro-choice views made him too radioactive for the GOP's social conservatives to accept. Ridge wanted to know if McCain would reconsider his opposition...
...When word leaked Thursday that McCain had opened the door a sliver, the entire city started a mad round of speculation. Anxious to fan the flames were House Republicans who have been trying to put together a Bush-McCain ticket since the end of the GOP primaries. The Arizona senator is the most popular Republican in the country and vulnerable House members have the fistful of polls to prove it. If McCain goes on the ticket they think they'll be able to keep control of the House...