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WASHINGTON, D.C.—If Barack Obama wins today’s election, former University President Lawrence H. Summers could be selected for his second term as Secretary of the Treasury as soon as this Friday—at least according to the D.C. rumor mill...
...term appeared in local newspapers, referring by now to anything that came as a gift from the government. Within a year, it had spread around the country...
...Uncle Sam needs, I'll be glad to assist him." Quote from a spring 1813 broadsheet, the first time the term appeared in print
...Loss upon loss, and no ill luck stirring but what lights upon Uncle Sam's shoulders," The editors of the Troy Post, Sept. 7, 1813. This is frequently but incorrectly cited as the first use of the term...
...Glass Ceiling? Will Iowa finally send a woman to Congress? This year, it depends on the outcome of the race in Iowa's fourth district (representing northern Iowa farm towns as well as the college town of Ames and fast-growing Des Moines suburbs), where the well-funded, seven-term Republican incumbent Tom Latham is facing a stiffer-than-usual challenge from Democrat Becky Greenwald, a political newcomer who has earned national attention and is hoping to ride a Democratic wave to victory if Obama wins. Iowa is among only four states that have never sent a woman to Congress...