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...values of research, and talking really fast, the way people feel about things they did when they were younger, long careers, nuclear disarmament, the British government’s abuse of the Irish people, train rides, plane flights, offices in Quincy that lack windows, pancake houses in the Midwest, three-day tournaments in which people forget about things like breakfast, undying loyalty, national titles, never-ending glory. Dallas Perkins wouldn’t say these things because to him and others, they are obvious...
...nation's military adventures have cropped up at nearly every important conflict in U.S. history. The Peace Democrats of the 1860s became pejoratively known as Copperheads - after a Southeastern snake that attacks without warning - for their opposition to the Civil War. Peace Democrats were mainly recent settlers of the Midwest (Ohio, Indiana and Illinois) with Southern roots and an interest in maintaining the Union, and they made common cause with Northern groups who opposed emancipation and the draft. The antidraft riots of 1863 - dramatized in the 2002 Martin Scorsese film Gangs of New York - were sparked by opposition...
...other states, including many in the South and Midwest, have not attempted such bold reform, meaning they will probably be slower to adapt to potential new responsibilities. There is also a concern among some policy experts that state legislators, who could have a lot of control over reform implementation, are too beholden to local interest groups like small insurers and health systems. "There's no question that lobbyists win cheaper on the state level," says Len Nichols, a health economist at the New America Foundation. "With a set of [Arkansas] Razorbacks tickets for one weekend and they...
...with a note inviting passers-by to take the painting. His only request was that in exchange, they make an effort to smile at strangers. Bataclan was inspired by his perception that smiles were something lacking in everyday life. “I went to graduate school in the Midwest and when I came here I expected hyper-warmth and I didn’t feel it,” Bataclan says. “But then I saw people smiling at my work, and thought giving people my paintings was a way to make them smile. And then...
...Boston scene. If the whimsically styled mannequins in the window of Cambridge’s Vintage Revenge don’t pull you in, owner Denise Goldhagen and her exuberant Great Dane, Yentzer, will. Goldhagen, who opened up shop two months ago after shuttling the business throughout the Midwest for 11 years, admits to handing out flyers, publicizing herself on the Internet, and even placing an ad in the phone book, though “hardly anybody even reads the darn thing anymore.”Yet it’s the painstakingly acquired collection of vintage clothing, ranging from...