Word: midwestern
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...growers, both Southern cane farmers and Midwestern beet growers, outfoxed not only congressional reformers but also a high-powered coalition of sugar and sweetener users such as Coca-Cola and Hershey Foods. These opponents were joined by environmental groups, particularly those in Florida, where phosphorus-laden runoff from sugarcane fields has been turning stretches of the Everglades into cattail-clogged waters...
...years the Hensel twins have lived a quiet existence in a tiny Midwestern town where everyone knows them. (The family does not want the town to be identified.) They go shopping with their parents and younger brother and sister, attend school and even play in Little League T-ball games. But until recently when their parents opened their doors and hearts to a Life magazine reporter and photographer, the twins have been shielded from media attention. Their touching story, which appears on the cover of Life's April issue, has made them instant celebrities...
...only drama in yesterday's Midwestern primaries was whether Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole could win Michigan and Wisconsin by wide enough margins to clinch the nomination...
...conference. Forbes spent about $25 million in his ill-fated bid for the White House, but received much attention for his proposals. After winning only three delegates in Tuesday's seven primaries, a showing Forbes called "very disappointing," the candidate said he needed a win in one of the Midwestern states to continue fighting. TIME correspondent John F. Dickerson, traveling with the Forbes campaign, said despite rumors of a withdrawal, the campaign had shown no sign that they would fold tents before next week. "I was talking with Forbes' press secretary this morning, and she refused to allow that...
...delicate dreamscape, filling the stage with characteristically elliptical images. Some, such as a levitating illuminated triangle, are familiar from earlier Wilson spectacles, while others--fluffy sheep that slowly ascend into the heavens, where they become clouds--are new. Robustly conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, the opera's simple Midwestern melodies provide an ideal complement to the graceful stage pictures, while the cast, headed by soprano Ashley Putnam (St. Theresa I) and baritone Sanford Sylvan (St. Ignatius), projects Stein's words and Thomson's music with true joie de vivre...