Word: midwesternizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bright, crisp Midwestern day in 1997, and the small-town parade could be something out of Ronald Reagan's childhood scrapbook. Main Street is lined with townspeople applauding as the baton twirlers, marching bands, basketball squads and quilting clubs make their way past. But the clapping abruptly stops as some bright red banners come into view. Adorning them are the faces of two heroes from history: Abraham Lincoln and Lenin...
...destroying UMD's Bulldogs, 4-1 and 4-2, last weekend, this team became only the third in Harvard history to sweep a series from a Midwestern team on the road...
...mattress manufacturers, including Sealy, Simmons and Serta, employ the husband-and-wife team to investigate customer complaints. The Yurses, who handle about 150 cases a week, either visit the customer's home or pass along the assignment to their network of some 20 part-time mattress testers in eight Midwestern states and Pennsylvania. Rayco's testers, mostly college students, earn at least $10 per call. Usually the problem can be easily remedied, perhaps by turning the mattress over or lubricating the box spring. After three years on the job, the Yurses earn $100,000 annually and are trying to recruit...
...Congress after 1978, and all of it after 1982; he defeated the other incumbent, Republican Clint Roberts, when a redistricting blended their two districts into one that year. Moreover, Daschle's liberalism is not of the knee-jerk variety. He voted against the tax-reform bill, and sounds Midwestern protectionist on trade matters. Says Daschle: "It's time to tell Tokyo, 'If you want us to buy your Toyotas, then you'd better buy our beef and grain...
Financial analysts hailed the move, and even union officials were at least somewhat understanding. Nonetheless, the announcement from General Motors last week sent a powerful shudder of concern through the Midwestern Rustbelt. GM Chairman Roger Smith said that starting next year the giant automaker will begin the largest pruning operation in its 78-year history. As the first stage in that cutback, GM will shut down ten of its plants and partly close another, in Michigan, Illinois, Missouri and Ohio, dismissing no fewer than 29,000 workers over a three-year period. GM billed the action as part...