Word: iowan
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...passage of the dividend tax elimination, the president personally leaned on him in a meeting at the White House. "He's back on the reservation," a senior administration aide said afterwards. Grassley did look pale after he emerged from the Bush treatment,? but the color came back quickly. The Iowan helped ink a quiet side deal in early April that limited the size of the tax cut to $350 billion in the Senate and that caused Hastert to fog his glasses...
...food-and-flag cover illustration was well received by many of you who were aching for a holiday break. "After plane crashes, war and anthrax, I was thankful to see TIME's pumpkin pie," sighed a grateful Iowan. A New Yorker wrote, "Like many other citizens, I am flying the colors, and I love the idea of putting the American flag in my Thanksgiving pumpkin pie." And a reader from Maryland offered "applause for the flag in the pie. It's a reminder of the best time of year, when people open their hearts. Despite the war, the holidays will...
...opened two New Iowan Centers--referral agencies providing immigration help and job tips--in Muscatine and Sioux City. Rosa Mendoza, 44, the deputy director of the Muscatine center, says Iowa has come a long way since she moved to the Mississippi river town in 1977. "Everywhere I went, people stared," she says. "It was so bad, I didn't want to go out." Today the town of 23,000 is 12% Hispanic. On Mulberry Avenue, Mexican groceries compete for customers, and the El Cabrito restaurant dishes up taquitos. It's a glimpse of Vilsack's vision for a multicultural Iowa...
...advertisement for Bradley, Bill Russell did not mention Bradley's support of initiatives in race relations. He didn't mention Bradley's plans to reduce handgun violence. The advertisement opened with "Bill Russell for Bill Bradley" on the screen. The rest of the spot was dedicated to Russell urging Iowan voters to participate in the caucus, with nary an explanation of Russell's support for Bradley. It came across as a basketball star endorsing another basketball star, with absolutely no substance behind...