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...fine year for the states, and perhaps something more. On one level, it appeared that the Governors were simply being freed to govern. But the repeated pledges of federal leaders and a blizzard of state-friendly legislation suggested something larger. Some thought they saw American government decentralizing itself, heading back to either the Jeffersonian ideals of local governance and part-time legislators (if you are a fan) or the social miseries of the 1920s and pollution of the 1970s (if you are not). Said Geoffrey Garin, a Democratic pollster: ``This is the opening debate over the radical Republican agenda.'' Senate...
...demure ballerina. Known for sharp movements and an idiosyncratic style, she suffered poor reviews early in her career but won critics over in Balanchine's 1980 Davidsbundlertanze. Last week Watts, a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, retired at 41, ending her final performance tearfully amid a blizzard of flowers. She is about to begin a career as a journalist and will cover the arts as a contributing editor for Vanity Fair...
...latest opinion poll or receiving a blizzard of faxes...
...Republicans, however, is in the easy passage from debate to demagoguery. Political discourse these days has a saw-toothed edge. When politicians don't mind sounding like radio talk- show hosts, the distinction between a search for solutions and a hunt for scapegoats gets lost in a blizzard of invective. An even more serious problem for Congress is whether the most radical G.O.P. proposals are really in keeping with what voters wanted. Democrats came to Washington two years ago claiming a mandate to remake health care, only to discover that most people didn't want it remade nearly so thoroughly...
Many students had spent the entire night before in a caffeinated blizzard of rough draft cover letters and resumes...