Word: elkharter
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...time word had gotten around the neighborhood in Elkhart that someone famous was on their street, the crowd had grown to around 200. But it was a mob with Indiana manners; they formed a line on the sidewalk and waited patiently for him to greet each in turn. One trembling teen-ager handed Obama a cell phone and asked him to say hello to her friend Hillary, a big Obama fan. "Hi Hillary!" Obama said with a mischevous grin, telling the crowd: "And she supports...
...been 40 years - almost to the day - since Elkhart, Indiana, had last seen a presidential candidate in the flesh. Its local paper, The Truth, had commemorated the anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy's visit last Friday, wistfully editorializing that it wished one of this year's contenders would come to town and try to recreate the magic of the rally at which 3,000 people had gathered to hear RFK on Main Street...
...Coleman, a 33-year-old, about the cost of gasoline that has Coleman spending $65 a week to fill up the tank of his truck each for the commute to his job at a shelving factory 18 miles away. Fourth-grade teacher Mary Rasp, a fifth-generation resident of Elkhart, had been strolling with her visiting 10-year-old grandson Sam, and rushed over to shake Obama's hand. A Democrat, she will be voting for Obama in Tuesday's Indiana primary, she said. "Yes I am - and I know Republicans who are switching, even within my family...
...find a penal system that is any better than that in the U.S., but it is still far from perfect. The death penalty does not keep people from committing murder, and your article showed that it doesn't cost less than life imprisonment. It should be abolished. Sherry Weaver, Elkhart, Indiana...
...find a penal system that is any better than that in the U.S., but it is still far from perfect. The death penalty does not keep people from committing murder, and your article showed that it doesn't cost less than life imprisonment. It should be abolished. Sherry Weaver, ELKHART...