Word: midwestern
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...cupcakes into otherwise unrelated conversations. Witnessing withdrawal symptoms when forced to replace cupcakes with French pastries during my junior fall abroad in France.And then, I embraced the obsession.As one of the countless Harvard undergraduates living in New York last summer, I leapt at the chance to leave my Midwestern roots and live in the country’s most populous city. But beyond the world-famous museums, endless crowds, and innumerable clubs, Manhattan became my cupcake haven. When friends came to visit, I unknowingly turned our tour of the city into a cupcake walking tour. Interested in eating brunch near...
...minded academics. In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed several professors to his administration, including the University of Chicago’s Paul Douglas and Columbia’s Rexford Tugwell. Like Obama’s aides, these scholars shared a common nightmare: a depression like the one that devastated Midwestern farmers in the 1920s...
...North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has never been without its critics or its champions. Since its inception in 1994, the deal still provides some of America's most reliable debate fodder, from campaign trails to the break rooms of Midwestern factories. NAFTA's fifteenth anniversary this week comes at a tumultuous time: with U.S. unemployment at a 26-year high and many American companies facing grave operational challenges, the controversy over the free-trade pact is not likely to subside anytime soon...
...alleged crimes were as outrageous as his inflated sense of self, the sort of behavior we expect of Hollywood villains, not Midwestern governors. He was accused not just with conspiring to solicit bribes but with conspiring to solicit bribes from the next President of the United States. He was accused not merely with planning extortion but with trying to force the Tribune Co. to fire editorial writers in exchange for a tax break worth about $100 million. According to authorities, he even threatened to revoke millions in funding for a Chicago children's hospital...
...Office of Health Reform has 26 years of experience in Congress - that's 22 years more than the president-elect. If confirmed, Tom Daschle will no doubt help Obama navigate legislative pitfalls in their efforts to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system. But Daschle also brings to the job the Midwestern manners that made him a likable personality on Capitol Hill. Since leaving the Senate in 2004, Tom Daschle has maintained close ties to Washington, as an employee of a lobbying firm, healthcare policy expert and an early adviser to the Obama campaign. (See TIME's Top 10 Political Photos...