Word: midwestern
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That kind of controversy is one reason that most schools are still wary about dealing with the issue at any grade level. Project 21, a San Francisco- based organization that favors teaching about gay and lesbian issues, mailed out questionnaires asking 35 Midwestern school districts what assistance they provide for gay students. Only 10 responded. "Most districts want to avoid the whole topic," says Robert Birle, the organization's Midwestern-states coordinator. "But if schools get beyond looking at gay youth as the problem and look at the homophobic atmosphere instead, we'll get some positive results...
...Notre Dame men's tennis team is one of four Midwestern powers competing in this weekend's Harvard Invitational Tennis Tournament at the Palmer-Dixon courts...
Though only 31, Brown has stature among devoted conservatives that almost matches his physical heft (6 ft. 6 in. and 240 lbs.). A onetime officer of Young Americans for Freedom, Brown in 1988 served as field director for Bob Dole in the Midwestern states, where the Kansas Senator beat Bush. That won him good marks as an organizer, particularly among younger right-wing populists who still view Bush as too moderate...
...side, Smith invented a process for extracting oil from tar sand and sold it to Amoco for $1 million. American Electric Power, one of the more enlightened utilities, signed on to build a 125-ton-per-hr. Otisca coal-cleaning plant in Beverly, Ohio. AEP, which serves seven Midwestern states, and by itself produces 3% of the nation's electricity, budgeted $6 million for the project. "We went from a bare field to a fully operational plant within 20 months," recalls Smith proudly. The product of the venture was a powdered coal fuel that was 90% free...
...minute waitfor a plate of caponata spaghetti is nothingunusual, and where firstyears learn to dine to thedull roar of 1600 of their chattering classmates.Many believe that the Union, more than anythingelse, defines the first year experience. Neveragain do students eat Chickwiches with a group thesize of some Midwestern towns...