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...local office. And so did the excesses of the more extreme environmental groups. "The Democrats came to be identified with a top-down, centralized approach to open-space issues," says Dan Kemmis of the Center for the Rocky Mountain West. "There was the impression that they were just flat opposed to timber harvesting or oil and gas extraction. So you had the oil and timber workers--the party's working-class populist base--fleeing to the Republicans...
Schweitzer is one of the great, over-the-top showmen of American politics, sort of like Bill Clinton on methedrine. He's a tall man with a wide open face and a flat northern-plains accent, who keeps up a steady patter of rowdy stories and observations and is perpetually accompanied by his border collie, Jag, which has become a major celebrity in Montana. The Brian Schweitzer Show is so entertaining--he has been featured on everything from 60 Minutes to The Colbert Report--that it's easy to overlook the substance of the man. Schweitzer has a master...
...into over 8,000 factories making anything from carpets to dog brushes. In 2006 alone, the company was involved in the production and shipment of some 2.4 billion shirts, toys and other consumer goods?an amount that has quintupled since 1999. "We're creating a world that is flat," says Rockowitz...
...whole chicken. He began practicing for the Bocuse in January 2006. By November, he could skin, cut and fillet a bird in seven minutes. But he knows that isn't good enough, since every second of prep time will count. His goal is to do it in three minutes flat. With his eyes closed. "I know the anatomy of a chicken better than I know my own," he says. His wife Linda videotapes his 12-to-16-hour practice sessions, which gives her an excuse to spend time with her husband and enables him to review his technique and figure...
...would have been severely disappointed. Practically no “tasting” occurred at all. Instead of an enticing gastronomic experience, students encountered ’Noch’s pizza and soft drinks. Hanging from the wall of the newly renovated space in Loker Commons was a flat-screen TV showing surf and motor cross videos. “Ice, Ice Baby” boomed in the background. Students (mostly freshmen) sat at tables playing cards. “Just like the events last year, this was meant to give the students an opportunity to be a part...