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...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...
...company's location influences its diversity as well, according to a staffing manager at a New Jersey consulting firm who spoke on condition of anonymity. This means that New York companies, for example, will hire significantly more minorities than Midwestern ones by virtue of the population which is producing their applicant pool...
...feeling upbeat. The town's population (8,500) has been stable for years. Its economy has largely weathered the farming recessions, thanks mostly to the thriving, family-owned Wells dairy empire, whose output entitles Le Mars to bill itself as the "ice cream capital of the world." Like most Midwestern towns, Le Mars values thrift. Residents still fondly recall that in 1975 Jimmy Carter and his press secretary, Jody Powell, saved six bucks by sharing a room at the Amber Inn. Local Democrats fell for Carter, but there weren't many of them. The place is Republican to the core...