Word: iowa
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What, you mean I actually have to campaign? That seemed to be the general refrain from the George W. Bush camp on Thursday, when he agreed to join a debate of Republican presidential hopefuls in Iowa December 13. Bush was conspicuous in his absence from a five-way Republican candidates' debate in New Hampshire on October 28 that resembled a WWF slugfest until all the combatants agreed to criticize Bush for sitting on his cushy lead and forgoing the traditional campaign process. When the dust settled, Sen. John McCain had not only gained serious ground on Bush in New Hampshire...
Nancy Corbin, director of clinical services for student-counseling services at Iowa State University, says her office is seeing a significant increase in requests for counseling from freshmen who are having trouble making the adjustment to college life. Despite all their technical sophistication, she says, older teenagers increasingly lack the skills to deal with personal problems that aren't easily defined or fixed. "They have 'point-and-click' expectations," she says. And they get homesick but have a hard time admitting...
Brandon Hart, a homesick freshman at Iowa State, has started e-mailing back and forth with his tech-novice mother, who says, "Brandon's being at college has left a huge hole in our lives." She couldn't bear to look at his empty bedroom, so she rearranged it and put the computer there. She sends old-fashioned "care packages," with baked goodies, novelty toys and notes from home. "The other guys get jealous when I bring another package in," Brandon said. "It's funny how exciting the mail gets when you get to college." See our Website at time.com...
...some people bad because of their genes? Or because of an unfavorable upbringing? In recent years, the highly charged nature-vs.-nurture debate has surged back and forth without resolution. Now neuroscientists at the University of Iowa report intriguing evidence that neither genes nor upbringing may be the full explanation...
...probably learn more from our mistakes than our successes," he said last night. "In the last six or eight weeks, I've had a learning experience in New Hampshire and Iowa. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people of New Hampshire for telling me about your hopes and dreams for this country...