Word: midwestern
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...week's presidential debate in St. Louis, Missouri, several hundred mourners massed in a nearby park in the chill air. Condolences filled talk radio. An officeholder since 1960, when he was 26, Carnahan was a beloved two-term Governor. A self-styled New Democrat, he had some of the Midwestern twang and even a bit of the look of Harry Truman, who once held the Senate seat Carnahan was seeking. His death not only cut short his career but dimmed Democratic hopes. Al Gore's shot at carrying this battleground state is weakened now. So are the Democrats' chances...
...Exposure ripoff? Try "improvement." Instead of precious magic realism and urban condescension, it radiates a loving optimism and goodwill toward its Midwestern goofs. Surprisingly, this sweet comedy comes from the crusty David Letterman (through his company Worldwide Pants). Dave's involvement is limited, but Ed deftly captures the genial, absurd side--the sunny underbelly--of his humor, as when a friend bets Ed, apropos of nothing, that he can't meow loud enough to make an old man turn around...
...Another carefully phrased reference, perhaps designed to mollify Midwestern readers: "In an aside to his running mate before a rally outside Naperville North High School, Bush used an expletive to refer to a newspaper reporter in the crowd. Former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney agreed, and both comments were picked up by a live microphone...
...gown. She was friendly and matter of fact in the manner of small-town Lutherans, and I could imagine striking up a conversation about the weather and gardens and how fast summer goes by. When it comes my time to go, I imagine doing it in the company of Midwestern Lutheran women who will hold my hand at the end and say, "Boy, they say we're supposed to get two to three inches of rain tonight and we sure could use it but I don't know." And my dying words will be, "Yeah, it actually looks like...
...Ford parts plant - with a picturesque town square. The backdrop was a City Hall that could have been shipped in from Central Properties (with a church off the right), and organizers rounded up some 10,000 people who sweated, and in some cases fainted, in the steamy midwestern heat. Although it's the biggest crowd Gore has had in days, his staff has to wonder: Were they here for Al, or for Elvis...