Word: midwesternizing
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...frigid mass of arctic air gripped the nation's Midwestern and Eastern states, where a number of cities recorded their coldest days ever. The cold is blamed for the death of at least 130 people...
...student at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, decided to focus on a representative case and find out. For a magazine-writing class, Lewers tracked down Tony and Missy Evers, whose photograph appeared on our cover of July 26, 1993. The Everses, victims of the summer's catastrophic Midwestern floods, were shown hugging each other in a rowboat on the submerged Main Street of Cedar City, Missouri...
Much of the new support for the assault-gun ban came from Senators representing Midwestern and Western states that are strongholds of the once invulnerable National Rifle Association. Colorado Democrat Ben Nighthorse Campbell and Montana Democrat Max Baucus, longtime NRA supporters, both voted...
Altman based the film's nine interweaving narratives on his (mis)reading of Carver's ouevre, taking a set of poignant midwestern vignettes and turning them into a heavy-handed Hydra living out its pointless existence under the scorching sun of Los Angeles, the city where dreams die, or whatever. Setting "Short Cuts" in L.A., with all its metaphorical baggage, was a huge mistake on Altman's part, though only one of many. The main one was probably in trying to translate Carver's fragile stories to the screen in the first place...
Letterman treats his Midwestern roots with a mixture of ironic detachment % and affection. He visits his mother a couple of times a year; the last time was after this year's Indy 500. Letterman says he was tickled by the experience. He called the house at 7 p.m. and came by after dinner. "I got there at 8:30, and Mom says to me ((affecting her quiet, church-lady voice)), 'David, would you like some strawberry pie?' I go into the kitchen, and there's a brand-new, fresh-baked strawberry pie. I said, 'When did you make this...