Word: missourian
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...hoped to return in January to run the place as Speaker. He sacrificed a lot in his effort to win the House for his party: to unify the ideologically diverse Democratic ranks, Gephardt downplayed his opposition to free-trade pacts without protections for labor, an issue dear to the Missourian's heart for years as he watched manufacturing jobs flee the Midwest. On corporate tax breaks, he started sounding like a Chamber of Commerce lackey in order to raise millions for his party from the technology industry. And he passed on running for President...
...Metheny, 45, continues to play for delighted crowds everywhere from Istanbul to Albuquerque. "Sometimes I feel like my whole life has been one long world tour," he says wryly. Now, with three new CDs and a 400-page, 167-tune Pat Metheny Songbook soon to be published, the affable Missourian who invented the most recognizable sound in post-bebop jazz guitar--warm, songful solo lines shimmering through a summery haze of digital reverb--shows no signs of settling into a comfy middle...
...divorce. For Ware, it wasn't an academic issue. She was once married and has a daughter, Elizabeth. Though the 13-year-old and her mom have been "totally cool" about her transition from Craig to Shannon, Ware knew others weren't as lucky as she was. Another Missourian, Sharon (ne Daniel), has fought her ex-wife for six years for the right simply to visit her two boys...
...together again, gluing Democratic votes to Republican moderates to get to 217 votes in the House. "We've all learned a lot from the last four years," Gephardt admits. But he may run for President in 2000 and face Vice President Al Gore when he does, which means the Missourian has to decide the same thing everyone else does: whether to go along...
...case of fellow Missourian Harry Truman, newspapers reported (after the primary) that Hulshof had lost his election; and as with Truman, they were wrong. In the end, Hulshof won the nomination by 168 votes, confirming his expertise in close finishes--he lost to incumbent Harold Volkmer by 5% in 1994. But with Volkmer's support dwindling in the past two elections, Hulshof could wake up on Nov. 6 to find out...Dewey won again...