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...Crimson will face off against Butler today in the first round of the tournament. The Bulldogs (5-6-1) are riding high in the top spot in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, thanks to a solid 3-1 victory over league rival Wisconsin-Milwaukee. This is a remarkable feat, considering Butler started the season...
...folks shut down their rig, and Bradley starts talking. It's the best possible way to experience him. He draws the group in, using the microphone expertly, letting a rich Midwestern gruffness emerge in his voice--it's the political equivalent of a Garrison Keillor radio monologue. "There's justice that this is where the presidency begins," he says, "in a neighborhood, on a front porch, on a summer night." He likes the line so much he repeats it, rhapsodizing about "running for the highest office in the land the same way you run for mayor," and never mind that...
...Trajectory of Change in Marital Quality for Husbands and Wives over the First 10 Years of Marriage," was published this month in the Journal of Developmental Psychology. Cutely subtitled "Predicting the Seven-Year Itch," this extensive research charts the decline in the quality of marriages of more than 500 Midwestern couples, surveyed over 10 years...
...irony is that Freaks, the least strenuously hip of the shows, may stand the strongest chance of controversy. The "freaks" of the title are Led Zeppelin-listening Midwestern burnouts who smoke--not just tobacco, of course. "The show will never be pro pot," executive producer Judd Apatow avers. "But every time a kid smokes pot, you can't show him coughing and retching and losing his mind...
What a fantastic specimen. This pair seems to be Midwestern. Kansas perhaps? Certainly an enjoyable breed, but I would rather see a Texan. I like them a little louder with more garish clothing...