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...doll-size wooden rocking chair that sways from left to right instead of from front to back 2. An ice bucket 3. A copy of the 10th Amendment 4. A white pickup truck...
...wants to preserve Medicare and Social Security, protect the environment and support education. In others he's more like a New Democrat: he supports welfare reform and balancing the budget by fighting abuses of the system. But while the Muskegon native, campaigning in his father's 1950 Ford pickup, has several key endorsements, including one from the uaw, the Second District usually votes Republican...
...hydraulics engineer, Forsythe was looking forward to retiring and spending time with his family. But when it seemed there would be no Democrat to challenge incumbent Ernest Istook, he delayed his plans. Forsythe has taken his campaign to the people by driving from town to town in a white pickup with wife Rosie. Education is a big concern: he opposes funneling federal money to private schools through vouchers, and wants to strengthen public schools instead...
Another controversial method is to use hounds, which will run a bear for hours until they corner it in a tree. The canines are sometimes fitted with telemetry gear that can radio their location back to a team of hunters in pickup trucks, who then move in for an easy kill. Too often their shots are not fatal, detractors say. "Anyone who has ever heard the screams of an animal being torn apart by dogs knows why we are fighting for this cause," says Stew Churchwell of Idaho Sportsmen for Fair Hunting...
Taxicab drivers are especially disgruntled because the shuttle service is not required to pay the $8,500 licensing fee for passenger pickup...