Word: midwesternizing
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...sliding into the mental and physical chaos of Parkinson's disease. His wife Enid devotes much of her energy to denying the seriousness of his condition, but understands it well enough to want all three of their grown children home for a last family Christmas in St. Jude, a Midwestern city with resemblances to St. Louis, where Franzen, now 42, grew...
...that has changed now. I’m a dyed-in-the-wool Midwestern girl, proudly requesting cans of “pop” and donning my t-shirt that reads, “Harvard: The Michigan of the East.” Even though I miss the bustle of Harvard Square (especially the constant crooning of “Not the Beatles” outside my window every Saturday morning), I love being home. It is slightly less exciting, to be sure, and the absence of public transportation can be frustrating. But there is a certain charm here...
...Andy Dick Show "He's got a real Midwestern sense of humor, both mainstream and offbeat...
...stuck with its plan to contribute $200 million to a global fund to fight HIV/AIDS, a fifth of what the U.N. had hoped for. To a problem that will kill more than 2 million Africans this year, many of them children, the U.S. contributed the annual budget of a Midwestern community hospital. Speaking to the U.N. AIDS conference last week, Secretary of State Colin Powell said the initial U.S. pledge is just a down payment, and, indeed, Congress is considering a donation of $750 million to a global HIV/AIDS fund next year. Powell's speech was passionate, but there...
...Daschle, who has served in the Congress since 1978, is known as a preternaturally calm presence, whose passion for liberal hallmarks like public education and health care never overrides a sense of Midwestern civility. He can be fiery in his commitment, but almost never raises his voice. Political foes and allies alike commend him for his grasp of complex issues, and he enjoys enormous popularity in all 66 counties of his home state...