Word: dakota
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Half an hour later the cars stopped outside, just long enough for me to relieve one of the drivers and continue on our way. Though our ultimate destination was North Dakota, we took off to the south, just down to the Oregon border. (Back-hitting all 48 contiguous states calls for a rather circuitous route.) But after a tour of the Pacific coastline, we finally headed East...
...Heavy snow in South Dakota, New Mexico, the western part of Texas and southwestern Minnesota... Heavy rain in northern Texas and Minnesota... Bad weather expected in Wisconsin... Rain forecast for the battleground states of Ohio and Michigan not as bad as expected. Florida and California sun-drenched as ever...
...South Dakota measure would allow the state to invest the education trust fund in the stock market...
...mean, a campaign knows which move it's going to make, while reporters just react and try to figure it out. It's like in basketball - the guy with the ball always takes the first step; the defender has to adjust. Let's suddenly send the candidate to South Dakota. Why? Well, we're not exactly sure; let the press figure it out. Yes, there is more science to it than reporters think, but there's also a lot more guesswork masquerading as knowledge. And speaking of basketball, here's my final rule...
...Funding - New Mexico, Rhode Island, North Carolina and California would fund capital improvements at education institutions through the creation or sale of bonds; and a South Dakota measure would allow public school money to be invested in the stock market. - Oklahoma would be able to dip into the principal of its education trust fund to supplement funds the income the fund generates. - A Colorado initiative seeks to increase per student spending on education by inflation plus one percent for the next ten years and at the rate of inflation thereafter. The state would also use at least $50 million...