Word: iowa
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...California program is part of a bigger trend," says Jackson. "A number of states around the country are looking for additional revenues through ways that may unfortunately compromise privacy." Programs similar to the California plan already exist in Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas. And the state sale of information is not limited to salary numbers. A major lawsuit is up before the Supreme Court over whether states may continue to sell, as many do, personal information such as addresses and Social Security numbers derived from drivers? licenses. South Carolina is challenging, on the basis of states rights...
...article forecasting genetically engineered, four-legged chickens [GENETICS, May 10] reminded me of the story about a farmer who accomplished the feat through selective breeding. When asked how the four-leggers tasted, he was forced to reply, "Don't know. Haven't caught one yet." JOHN CAUGHRON Center Point, Iowa...
...ratify. Last summer, when advisers would have preferred that his time be spent claiming credit for this country's economy, Gore was in Ukraine, urging President Leonid Kuchma to take the bitter economic medicine of the International Monetary Fund. And while political wisdom argued for more quality time in Iowa and New Hampshire last winter, Gore was laying out his economic vision in Davos, Switzerland, touring a radio factory in Cape Town and acting as host at international conferences on reinventing government and fighting corruption...
Dole's zinger on guns--and the Bush operation's rapid response--were just a preview to the political cut and thrust that will begin next month, when the Governor is scheduled to wrap up the legislative session in Austin and make his first campaign trips to Iowa and New Hampshire. Frustrated by Bush's dominance of the race, some rival campaigns have dispatched operatives to Texas to scour newspaper clippings and state budget reports, pick over old speeches and offhand remarks, quiz Bush enemies and even some old friends, all in search of information they can use to diminish...
...remaining aloof from primary voters. Each time he skips a cattle call for candidates or dodges a debate, he'll be slammed for taking rank-and-file Republicans for granted. The Bush campaign's quiet efforts to avoid a presidential straw poll scheduled for early August in Ames, Iowa, have angered some Iowa Republicans. Not that Bush's view of Ames as a booby trap isn't justified. Straw polls--where participants pay to vote--can be manipulated by rivals to make front runners look bad. Bush's rivals are already starting. They claim that Bush cutouts floated the idea...