Word: northerner
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...what will likely determine the results in all of the closest contests around the country: turnout. What has helped Democrats win the past two governor's races in this traditionally Republican state has been changing demographics. Sixty percent of the state's growth since 2000 has come from the Northern Virginia suburbs outside Washington - areas that are heavily Democratic. In 2005, Democrat Tim Kaine easily won the governor's race in Virginia; though he didn't perform as well in rural areas as outgoing Democratic governor Mark Warner did in 2001, he compensated by running very well in Northern Virginia...
...make up a good part of the Cape floral kingdom: the smallest, but richest by area, of the world's six floral kingdoms. Thanks[an error occurred while processing this directive] to the incredible variety of fynbos, the Western Cape region is almost as botanically diverse as the entire northern hemisphere. Since early 2005, Roberto de Carvalho, executive chef at Azure, a restaurant in Cape Town's Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa, has used fynbos leaves and stems in place of regular herbs and spices in some of his favorite dishes. "You're eating something that you can only...
There seems to be a tendency to oversimplify the issue to economic arguments about supply and demand. Northern countries want babies and attempt to get them from the countries that can supply them. What springs up is a market, raising the issue of a profit-driven baby industry...
...shouldn't stop at those days sacred to Catholics and other Christians. The Greeks, Romans and ancient Northern tribes so revered their gods that they named every day of the week after them (Sunday for the sun god, Monday for the moon god, Tuesday for the Nordic god Tyr, Wednesday for the Germanic god Wodin, Thursday for Thor or (the equivalent of Jupiter), Friday for the German goddess Friga (Venus) and Saturday for the Roman god Saturn. Five of the first six months of the year honored various gods (Janus, Mars, Maia, Juno) and religious rituals (the period of purification...
...unlike others found around campus. “This is so far removed from the regular social scene at Harvard—going to a room and listening to some crappy rock music,” McEachern said. The night began with Garba, a traditional form of dance from Northern India, performed in concentric circles. “Once you get the basic leg moves down, you can add your own flare with your hands,” said Louis K. Kang ’09. The next dance style on the music playlist was Raas, in which dancers hold...